- Bill Harbridge
Infobox MLB retired
name=Bill Harbridge
position=Catcher /Center fielder
birthdate=March 29 ,1855
city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
deathdate=death date and age|1924|3|17|1855|3|29
city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
bats=Left
throws=Left
debutdate=May 15
debutyear=by|1875
debutteam=Hartford Dark Blues
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=by|1884
finalteam=Cincinnati Outlaw Reds
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Home run s
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat1value=.247
stat2value=2
stat3value=114
teams=
*Hartford Dark Blues (by|1875–by|1877)
*Chicago White Stockings (by|1878–by|1879)
*Troy Trojans (by|1880), by|1882
*Philadelphia Quakers (by|1883)
*Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (by|1884)
highlights=William Arthur "Bill" Harbridge (
March 29 1855 –March 17 1924 ), also known as "Yaller Bill", was anmajor league baseball player who split his playing time betweencatcher and in the outfield for five different teams during his nine season career that lasted from by|1875 through by|1884.cite web| title = Bill Harbridge's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Pharbb101.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-11 ]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.On May 6, by|1876, Bill is credited as becoming the first left-handed catcher in major league baseball history.cite web| title = 19th Century Era Famous Firsts | work = baseball-almanac.com | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/firsts/first1.shtml | accessdate = 2008-03-11 ] He died in his hometown of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 68, and was interred at Fernwood Cemetery in Fernwood, Pennsylvania.References
External links
*findagrave|13417249
Persondata
NAME = Harbridge, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Harbidge, Bill; Harbridge, William Arthur; Yaller Bill
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = March 29, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH = March 17, 1924
PLACE OF DEATH = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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