- Bill Cristall
Infobox MLB retired
name=Bill Cristall
position=Pitcher
width=
bgcolor1=#c41e3a
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birthdate=birth date|1875|09|12|mf=yOdessa ,Ukraine
deathdate=death date and age|1939|01|28|1875|09|12Buffalo, New York
batted=Left
threw=Left
debutdate=September 3
debutyear=1901
debutteam=Cleveland Indians
finaldate=September 28
finalyear=1901
finalteam=Cleveland Indians
highlights=William Arthur "Bill" Cristall (born September 12, 1875 in
Odessa, Ukraine ) is a formerpitcher who played inMajor League Baseball with theCleveland Indians (1901). Cristall batted and threwleft-handed . His playing height and weight were listed as 5 foot 7 inches and 145 lbs. He made his major league debut on September 3, 1901. His time in the major leagues was short, as he only started and pitched in six career games. His career numbers were not so impressive, as his win-loss record would be 1-5, although he did pitch 5 complete games and his one win was ashutout . Although he had very few at bats, he was a respectable hitter, especially for a pitcher, as he had 7 hits in 20 at-bats, including two hits fortriples , and finished with a career .350batting average . He finished his career with a fielding percentage of .957, making only one error in his six starts. His last game would be on September 28, 1901. He was the first professional baseball player to be born in Ukraine and is one of only three players in Major League history, (the other two beingReuben Ewing andIzzy Goldstein to have been born in Ukraine. He is also the only Ukrainian baseball player to record a victory, a strikeout, a walk, a win, a loss, a complete game, a shutout, and a hit batter in major league history. Bill died on January 28, 1939 inBuffalo, New York .External links
*baseball-reference|id=c/cristbi01.shtml
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