William Albert Nimick (September 2, 1848 – January 19, 1907) was a part owner of the

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, and was president of the team during the – seasons. Initially nicknamed the Alleghenys, the franchise has been known as the

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since 1891. The team competed in the American Association from 1882 through 1886, and has been a member of the

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since 1887. A native of Pittsburgh, Nimick died in

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, in 1907.

Club ownership

Nimick was a shareholder in the Pittsburgh club as early as 1883. In December 1886, shortly after the club committed to play in the National League, '' The Sporting Life'' reported that the Pittsburgh club was "owned by Messrs. Nimick,

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and Brown in equal shares". An 1888 ''

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'' article names Nimick as one of four equal-part owners of the club. Just prior to the 1891 season, after the consolidation of Pittsburgh's National League and

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clubs, the ''Press'' reported that Nimick held a one-fourth interest in the reorganized National League team. Nimick sold his shares of the franchise to

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following the 1891 season.

Personal life

Nimick graduated from Chester Military Academy (now

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) in 1865 and was briefly an officer in the

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at the end of the

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. He was involved in various Pittsburgh businesses, was a bank

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, and was the president of a publishing company. Nimick married in 1880; he and his wife had three daughters. He died in

, where he had moved for his health, in January 1907.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nimick, William A. 1848 births 1907 deaths Businesspeople from Pittsburgh Major League Baseball owners Pittsburgh Pirates owners Burials at Allegheny Cemetery Widener University alumni Union army officers 19th-century American businesspeople