Bill McTigue

William Patrick McTigue
(Rebel)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 1½", Weight 175 lb.

• Debut May 2, 1911
• Final Game May 5, 1916
• Born June 3, 1891 in Nashville, TN USA
• Died May 6, 1920 in Nashville, TN USA

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Biographical Information

Bill McTigue died young, but he managed to have a meaningful professional baseball career in his lifetime. He had three seasons in the big leagues and also won 33 games over two seasons in the minors with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Bill was born, and died, in Nashville, TN. He was playing in the minors by age 19 in 1910, and came to the big leagues for the first time with the Boston Rustlers in 1911, for whom he was 0-5 at age 20. The next season, 1912 he came back to Boston, had a better ERA while pitching mostly in relief, and had a record of 2-0 for a team now known as the "Braves" after a change of ownership. He also spent much of that year in the minors, and in 1913 was traded to the minor league Baltimore Orioles for whom he went 8-5. It was the year before Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore came to pitch for the Orioles.

Bill spent his two years with Toronto in 1915-1916, going 17-10 and then 16-15, and came back to the majors for 3 games in relief with the Detroit Tigers early in 1916. Bill was four years younger than teammate Ty Cobb. In 1917 Bill pitched for the Providence Grays, going 7-4 on a team that was 100% composed of former and future major leaguers.

Bill sometimes hit well for a pitcher. He hit .287 with Toronto in 1915, .299 with Toronto in 1916, and .313 with Providence in 1917.

It was reported he had lung problems, and he died before he turned 29.