Billy MacLeod

William Daniel Macleod

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
• High School Gloucester (MA) High School
• Debut September 13, 1962
• Final Game September 22, 1962
• Born May 13, 1942 in Gloucester, MA USA
• Died December 12, 2018 in Marblehead, MA USA

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Biographical Information

Billy MacLeod pitched two games for the Boston Red Sox in 1962 at age 20. Teammate Wilbur Wood, a fellow New Englander, was also 20. Both MacLeod and Wood pitched in the Hearst Sandlot Classic at Fenway Park in 1959.

He was head coach of Salem State University before being fired for his reported involvement in faking winners, scores and even news accounts of games that never were played.

Related Sites

• Billy MacLeod at the SABR Bio Project