Bill Sowders Baseball player

William Jefferson "Little Bill" Sowders (November 29, 1864 – February 2, 1951) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1888–1890) with the Boston Beaneaters and Pittsburg Alleghenys. For his career, he compiled a 29–30 record in 71 appearances, with a 3.34 earned run average and 205 strikeouts.Sowders was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and later died in Indianapolis, Indiana at the age of 86. Two of his brothers, John Sowders and Len Sowders, also played Major League Baseball.

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Bill Sowders
Birth dateNovember 29, 1864
Birth place
Louisville Kentucky
Date of deathFebruary 02, 1951
Place of death
Indianapolis

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Baseball player

Career startApril 24, 1888
Career endJune 19, 1890
batting sideRight
former teams
Atlanta Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Pitcher
teams
Atlanta Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

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