Bill DeLancey Baseball player

William Pinkney DeLancey (November 28, 1911 – November 28, 1946) was an American professional baseball player during the 1930s. As a 22-year-old rookie catcher in 1934, he helped to lead the St. Louis Cardinals' fabled Gashouse Gang team to the world championship; but, after only one more full big-league season, he was stricken with tuberculosis, effectively ending his playing career.

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Birth dateNovember 28, 1911
Date of deathNovember 28, 1946

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 11, 1932
Career endSeptember 08, 1940
batting sideLeft
former teams
St. Louis Cardinals
position
Catcher
teams
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

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