Facts:   - finalteam: detroit tigers    - finalyear: 1920    - death place: napa , california    - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts    - position: pitcher    - statvalue: 0 -- 1 9.00 4    - throws: left    - debutteam: detroit tigers    - bats: right    - debutdate: april 17    - death date: 9 september 1981      - birth date: 1 december 1894    - finaldate: june 30    - name: ernie alten    - birth place: avon , ohio    - debutyear: 1920   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ernie alten .
ernest matthias `` ernie '' alten -lrb- december 1 , 1894 -- september 9 , 1981 -rrb- , nicknamed `` lefty '' , was a major league baseball pitcher .alten played for the detroit tigers in the 1920 season .in 14 career games , he had a 0 -- 1 record with a 9.00 era .he batted right and threw left-handed .