Bill Harbridge
Appearance
Bill Harbridge | |
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Catcher/Center fielder | |
Born: March 29, 1855 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | |
Died: March 17, 1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 68)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
May 15, 1875, for the Hartford Dark Blues | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 3, 1884, for the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .247 |
Home runs | 2 |
Runs batted in | 114 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
William Arthur Harbridge (March 29, 1855 – March 17, 1924), also known as "Yaller Bill", was a Major League Baseball player who split his playing time between catcher and in the outfield for five different teams during his nine-season career that lasted from 1875 through 1884.[1]
Career
[edit]He began his career in the last year of the National Association and finished with the Union Association in its only year of existence.[1]
On May 6, 1876, Bill is credited as becoming the first left-handed catcher in major league baseball history.[2] He died in his hometown of Philadelphia at the age of 68, and was interred at Fernwood Cemetery in Fernwood, Pennsylvania.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bill Harbridge's Stats". retrosheet.org. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
- ^ "19th Century Era Famous Firsts". baseball-almanac.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- Baseball players from Philadelphia
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Hartford Dark Blues players
- Chicago White Stockings players
- Troy Trojans (NL) players
- Philadelphia Quakers players
- Cincinnati Outlaw Reds players
- 1855 births
- 1924 deaths
- Springfield (minor league baseball) players
- Holyoke (minor league baseball) players
- Brooklyn Atlantics (minor league) players
- Washington Nationals (minor league) players
- Albany (minor league baseball) players
- New York Quicksteps players
- Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) players
- Augusta Browns players
- Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players
- Burials at Fernwood Cemetery (Lansdowne, Pennsylvania)
- American baseball catcher stubs
- American baseball outfielder, 1850s birth stubs