Bill McClellan

William Henry McClellan (March 22, 1856 – July 3, 1929) was an American Major League Baseball player for eight seasons, and primarily played as a second baseman and shortstop from 1878 to 1888.

Bill McClellan
Second Baseman / Shortstop
Born: (1856-03-22)March 22, 1856
Chicago, Illinois
Died: July 3, 1929(1929-07-03) (aged 73)
Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Switch Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 20, 1878, for the Chicago White Stockings
Last MLB appearance
October 17, 1888, for the Cleveland Blues
MLB statistics
Batting average.242
Home runs6
Runs batted in304
Teams

Born in Chicago, McClellan played one season for the St. Paul Red Caps of the League Alliance in 1877. He appeared with the Chicago White Stockings of the National League in 1878, then with the Washington Nationals of the Nationals of the National Association in 1879 and 1880. McClellan returned to the National League and the American Association after that, and he led the league in games played in 1885 (112) and 1886 (141) with the Brooklyn Grays.

Despite a good year in 1887, Brooklyn benched McClellan midway through 1888 and gave his starting position to Jack Burdock, a 36-year-old player who had just been released by Boston for intemperance. Toward the end of the 1888 season, Brooklyn sold McClellan to the Cleveland Blues, and he finished his major league career there that year. McClellan had lost his job in Brooklyn amid a shift away from left-handed middle infielders. In the early 1880s, left-handers had not been uncommon at these positions, but they became much more rare by the end of that decade.[1]

After the 1888 season, McClellan played minor league baseball through 1894.[2]

He died at the age of 73 in his hometown of Chicago, and in interred Rosehill Cemetery.[3]

References
  1. Nemec, David (2006). The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Major League Baseball. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-1499-6.
  2. "Bill McClellan Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  3. "Bill McClellan's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved 2009-06-02.


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