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William Alex North (born May 15, 1948) is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1971 to 1981, he played for the Chicago Cubs (1971–72), Oakland Athletics (1973–78), Los Angeles Dodgers (1978) and San Francisco Giants (1979–81). He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed.
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He and his brothers Bob and Jim, and Jim's twin sister Jan, were raised by their parents, Leonard and Marie Katherine Buckner; his father died in 1966, when Bill was a teenager. His mother was a stenographer for the California Highway Patrol. [3] [4] He graduated from Napa High School in 1968 after playing on the school's baseball and football ...
After retiring from baseball, Hands was a salesman for an oil company on Long Island. He later opened up a service station, the Orient Service Center, in Orient, New York, where he lived for many years with his wife Sandy; his children (Heather, Billy, and Heidi) and grandchildren also lived in Orient. [8] Hands died in Florida on March 9, 2017 ...
William Rodman Henry (October 15, 1927 – April 11, 2014) was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he appeared in Major League Baseball between 1952 and 1969 for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Houston Astros.
For his career, Bill was a part of five pennant winning teams: 1907 (Sumter), 1910 (New Orleans), 1911 (Portland & New Orleans) and 1912 (Portland). After baseball, Lindsay went on to become a successful businessman back in his home state of North Carolina alongside his wife (Sadie) and daughter (Margaret). He died in 1963 at the age of 82.
William Johnston Clymer (December 18, 1873 – December 26, 1936) nicknamed "Derby Day Bill", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop in 1891. After his playing career, Clymer became a successful minor league manager.
During a winter meeting of the Baseball Writers' Association on December 7, 1939, Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in a special election related to his illness. [92] At age 36, he was the youngest player to be so honored (since surpassed by Sandy Koufax , who was five months younger than Gehrig at the time of his election in 1972).