Mars led the 55–72 Stars in winning percentage (.643) with a 9–5 record. That achievement was also for fourth-best in the entire league. He had a rather high earned run average of 4.67 but an average run support. In his 14 starts the Stars scored 111 runs, an average of almost 8 runs per game. By contrast, they averaged just 5.2 runs in the 113 games that he didn\'t start.\n', '

He helped himself with his bat and his glove, as well. He was 14-for-51 (.275) at the plate, with 9 runs batted in and 9 runs scored. He was also one of the league\'s better fielding pitchers, as he made only 2 errors in his 16 total appearances. \n', '

Mars died in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois at the age of 75.\n', '

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