About Bill McCloskey
Lived 1854 – 1924 (aged 70). Bill McCloskey was an American baseball player.
William George McCloskey (May 1854 – July 9, 1924) officially played two years of Major League Baseball, in for the Washington Nationals, debuting on May 25, and in for the Wilmington Quicksteps of the Union Association.
Biography McCloskey played eleven games for the Washington Nationals in 1875 at catcher, batting .175 (7-for-40) with one run and four RBI. He played nine games in the 1884 season, splitting time between the outfield and catcher. In thirty at bats, he had three hits for a .100 batting average.
Death and interment McCloskey died at the age of seventy in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 9, 1924, and was interred at the Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
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Who was Bill McCloskey?
American baseball player (1854-1924)
When was Bill McCloskey born?
Bill McCloskey was born on 1 May 1854 in Philadelphia.
When did Bill McCloskey die?
Bill McCloskey died on 9 July 1924 in Philadelphia.
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Bill McCloskey was a baseball player.
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Bill McCloskey was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bill McCloskey. https://biography.guide/bill-mccloskey/
MLA: "Bill McCloskey." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bill-mccloskey/.
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