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Bill Anderson (1940s pitcher)

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Bill Anderson
Pitcher
Born: (1913-01-25)January 25, 1913
Brevard, North Carolina
Died: March 25, 1971(1971-03-25) (aged 58)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1941, for the New York Cubans
Last appearance
1947, for the Newark Eagles
Career statistics
Win–loss record18–17
Earned run average4.69
Strikeouts107
Teams

William Albert Anderson (January 25, 1913 – March 25, 1971) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues in the 1940s.

A native of Brevard, North Carolina, Anderson played mostly with the New York Cubans from 1941 to 1946, and briefly with the Homestead Grays in 1943 and the Newark Eagles in 1947. He also played with the Drummondville Royals of the Provincial League in 1953.[1] Anderson died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971 at age 58.

References

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  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
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