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American baseball player (1873?1944)
Baseball player
Willie McGill
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Willie_McGill.jpg/220px-Willie_McGill.jpg) McGill pictured in
The Drift 1944
, Butler yearbook
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1873-11-10
)
November 10, 1873
Atlanta, Georgia
, U.S.
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Died:
August 29, 1944
(1944-08-29)
(aged 70)
Indianapolis, Indiana
, U.S.
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Batted:
unknown
Threw:
Left
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May 8, 1890, for the Cleveland Infants
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June 12, 1896, for the Philadelphia Phillies
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Win?loss record
| 72?74
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Earned run average
| 4.59
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Strikeouts
| 510
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William Vaness McGill
(November 10, 1873 ? August 29, 1944) was an American
major league baseball
pitcher
. He played professionally for the
Cleveland Infants
,
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
,
St. Louis Browns
,
Cincinnati Reds
,
Chicago Colts
,
St. Louis Browns
and the
Philadelphia Phillies
.
Biography
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McGill was born in
Atlanta
and attended the
University of Notre Dame
.
[1]
He played his first professional game with the Cleveland Infants on May 8, 1890.
He pitched for seven years, with six different teams. His best year was with the 1891
St. Louis Browns
when he had a 19?10 record with a 2.93 ERA. He finished his career with a 4.59 earned run average.
[2]
He played his last game on June 12, 1896.
McGill died on August 29, 1944, in
Indianapolis
, and is interred at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
[3]
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External links
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