Primary Position: Third base
Birthplace: Madison
First, Middle Names: William Gibbon
Date of Birth: Feb. 24, 1881 Date and Place of Death: July 14, 1963, Greensboro, NC
Burial: New Garden Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
High School: Undetermined
College: Guilford College, Greensboro, NC; Haverford College, Haverford, PA; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bats: L Throws: R Height and Weight: 5-10, 165
Debut Year: 1911 Final Year: 1911 Years Played: 1
Team and Year: Cleveland Naps, 1911
Career Summary
G AB H R RBI HR BA. OBP. SLG. WAR
19 66 16 6 5 0 .242 .265 .273 0.0
Bill Lindsay’s major-league line isn’t particularly impressive: 19 games, 16 hits, five runs batted in, .242 batting average. As listed by major baseball references, his collegiate lineup, however, is All-Star caliber: Guilford College, Haverford College, Harvard University, University of Chicago, and Tulane University. Could this farm boy from Rockingham County, North Carolina, be the best-educated man to ever put on a baseball uniform?