Bill Greenwood

Infobox MLB retired
name=Bill Greenwood
position=Second Baseman


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Switch
throws=Left
birthdate= 1857
deathdate=death date and age|1902|5|2|1857|0|0
debutdate= September 16
debutyear= 1882
debutteam= Philadelphia Athletics
finaldate=October 15
finalyear=1890
finalteam=Rochester Broncos
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.226
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=8
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=185
teams=
* Philadelphia Athletics (1882)
* Brooklyn Atlantics (1884)
* Baltimore Orioles (1887-1888)
* Columbus Solons (1889)
* Rochester Broncos (1890)
highlights=

William F. Greenwood (1857 - May 2, 1902) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played a total of six seasons from by|1882-by|1890.cite web| title = Bill Greenwood's career statistics | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/greenbi01.shtml | accessdate = 2007-12-03 ] Bill was a left-handed infielder, not entirely uncommon in the 19th century, he is the all-time leader in games played at second base by a left-hander with 538.cite web| title = Labor Day Lefties | work = reconditebaseball.blogspot.com | url=http://reconditebaseball.blogspot.com/2007/09/labor-day-lefties.html | accessdate = 2007-12-03 ] He also played 30 games at shortstop.

For the by|1883 season, he signed and was playing for the Merrits of Camden, New Jersey, when Charlie Byrne of a fellow league team, the Brooklyn Grays bought his contract, along with other Merrits Sam Kimber, Charlie Householder, Frank Fenelly, and John Corcoran. He finished out the year and transitioned with the team over to the American Association, where they would be known as the Atlantics.cite web| title = Long Before the Dodgers: Baseball in Brooklyn, 1855-1884 By James L. Terry, pg. 128 | work = books.google.com | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H4qOXgcdTaUC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=%22charlie+householder%22+baseball&source=web&ots=Lgjo8j0wnY&sig=T_sS05RUXi-dbapiSJctK4W13C0 | accessdate = 2007-12-03 ]

Bill died in his howmetown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 44 or 45, and is interred at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia.cite web| title = Bill Greenwood's career information | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgreeb102.htm | accessdate = 2007-12-03 ]

ee also

*Los Angeles Dodgers all-time roster

References

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=241&GScid=1619546&GRid=13264527& Find a Grave profile]