Bill Harbridge

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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

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]

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