Bill Stafford Baseball player

William Charles Stafford (August 13, 1939 – September 19, 2001) was a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1960 to 1967. Stafford was a successful pitcher for the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1962, winning a combined 28 games in two seasons. He appeared in the World Series 3 times for the Yankees from 1960 to 1962, and was the winning pitcher in Game 3 of the 1962 World Series versus the San Francisco Giants. In September 2001, Stafford died in his home at the age of 62 of a heart attack.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 13, 1939
Date of deathSeptember 19, 2001

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Baseball player

Career startAugust 17, 1960
Career endSeptember 19, 1967
batting sideRight
former teams
Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
position
Pitcher
teams
Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

Bill Stafford on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0a22d550
  2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/staffbi01.shtml
  3. http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_S/Stafford.Bill.Obit.html