William Carol Latham (born August 29, 1960) is an American former

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pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

. He pitched parts of two seasons in the majors, appearing in 7 games for the

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in and 7 games for the

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in . In he joined the

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staff of the

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after six years as a professional scout for the

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