Bill McIvor

William Russell McIvor

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
• High School Franklin High School (Seattle)

• Born July 29, 1894 in Seattle, WA USA
• Died May 22, 1975 in Preston, ID USA

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Biographical Information

The tall left-handed pitcher Bill McIvor spent most of his professional career in the Northwestern League, hurling for his hometown Seattle Giants from 1912 to 1916 with a brief stint with the Tacoma Tigers. Following the United States' entry into the Great War, McIvor was inducted into the U.S. Army on October 3, 1917. He was assigned to Camp Lewis, Washington in Washington State in the 316th Engineer Regiment under the 91st Division. The following spring, McIvor joined the Camp Lewis ball team joining former major leaguers Babe Borton, Frank McKenry, Charlie Mullen, Dutch Ruether and Red Oldham under manager Jim “Death Valley’ Scott.

McIvor saw action in Europe at Ypres-Ly and the Meuse-Argonne following the 91st Division’s arrival in early July 1918. The 24-year-old combat veteran returned to the United States on April 16, 1919, and was discharged two weeks later, on April 30th. Resuming his professional career, McIvor signed with the Victoria Tyees of the Northwestern League, pitching and playing right field in a handful of games before being sold to the [|Sacramento Solons]] of the Pacific Coast League in early June.

From 1921 to 1923, McIvor hurled and played first base for Smithfield in the Northern Utah League before spending 1924 and 1925 in the Montana Mines League with Anaconda and Montana Power, respectively. McIvor’s last season in the game was spent pitching for the Pocatello Bannocks in the Utah-Idaho League.