Bill Otis

Paul Franklin Otis

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10½", Weight 150 lb.
• School Williams College
• Debut July 4, 1912
• Final Game July 6, 1912
• Born December 24, 1889 in Scituate, MA USA
• Died December 15, 1990 in Duluth, MN USA

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Biographical Information

The major league career of outfielder Bill Otis consisted of just four games with the 1912 New York Highlanders. He only got one hit in his brief career, but it happened to be off future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson.

At the time of his death in 1990, Otis was, at age 100, the Oldest Living MLB Player.

Both Bill Otis and George Davis came out of Williams College in 1912 to play for New York.

Related Sites

• Bill Otis at the SABR Bio Project