From SABR Encyclopedia
| William Paul Macdonald
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| Bat/Throw:
| R/R
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| Height:
| 5' 10"
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| Weight:
| 170
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| Born:
| 1929-3-28 at Alameda, CA (US)
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| Died:
| 1991-5-4 at Shasta Lake, CA (US)
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| Interred:
| Memory Gardens Memorial Park in Concord, CA (US)
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| Statistics: | Retrosheet
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Bill Macdonald was a professional player.
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Macdonald was the first bonus baby for the Pittsburgh Pirates when they signed him to a bonus of :more than $10,000." He had been declared a free agent by Commissioner Happy Chandler in October 1948.[1].
Footnotes
- ↑ "Bucs Sign Their First Bonus Player--Get Hurler, 19, for over '$10,000'". The Sporting News, 1949-02-16.
