Bill Batsch Baseball player

William McKinley Batsch (May 18, 1892 – December 31, 1963) was an American Major League Baseball player who pinch hit in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 9, 1913. With the hometown Pirates down 3-0 in the bottom of the eighth to the Chicago Cubs, Batsch walked for pitcher Erv Kantlehner in his only plate appearance. The Pirates failed to bring Batsch round to score, and the final score of the game at the end of the ninth remained 3-0.Batsch is one of only five players to walk in his only major league plate appearance; the most famous of the five is Eddie Gaedel.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 18, 1892
Birth place
Mingo Junction Ohio
Date of deathDecember 31, 1963
Place of death
Canton Ohio

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 09, 1916
Career endSeptember 09, 1916
batting sideRight
former teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Pinch hitter
teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

Bill Batsch on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/batscbi01.shtml