William Pearl Rhines (March 14, 1869 – January 30, 1922) was a professional
baseball player
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. He was a
pitcher
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over parts of nine seasons (1890–1899) with the
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...
,
Louisville Colonels
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association (AA) throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891. They were known as the Louisville Eclipse from 1882 to 1884, and as th ...
and
Pittsburgh Pirates
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. He led the
National League
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*National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada
*National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...
in
ERA
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Era or ERA may also refer to:
* Era (geology), a subdivision of geologic time
* Calendar era
Education
* Academy of European Law (German: '), an international law school
* ERA School, in Melbourne, Australia
* E ...
twice (1890 and 1896) while playing for Cincinnati. For his career, he compiled a 114–103 record in 249 appearances, with a 3.47 ERA and 743
strikeout
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s.
He was born and later died in
Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Ridgway is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Elk County, Pennsylvania, Elk County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census it had a population of 4,039
History
Ridgway was founded by Philadelphia ...
, at the age of 52. He was an alumnus of
Bucknell University
Bucknell University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts a ...
.
External links
Billy Rhines - Society for American Baseball Research
1869 births
1922 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Elk County, Pennsylvania
National League ERA champions
Cincinnati Reds players
Louisville Colonels players
Pittsburgh Pirates players
People from Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Bucknell University alumni
19th-century baseball players
19th-century American sportsmen
Binghamton Crickets (1880s) players
Jersey City Skeeters players
Davenport Hawkeyes players
Grand Rapids Rippers players
Grand Rapids Furniture Makers players
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