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Bill Dinneen

American baseball player

Died when: 78 years 283 days (945 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Bill Dinneen

William Henry Dinneen, alternately spelled Dineen (April 5, 1876 – January 13, 1955), was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who followed his 12-year career from 1898 to 1909 with a highly regarded tenure as an American League umpire from 1909 to 1937.

Dinneen was the plate umpire for baseball's first All-Star Game.He played for the Washington Senators and Boston Braves (both of the National League), and the Boston Red Sox and St.

Louis Browns of the American League.Dinneen recorded three wins for the Red Sox over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903.

Dinneen broke the record for most strikeouts in a World Series game with 11; the previous mark of 10 had been set a day earlier by Pittsburgh's Deacon Phillippe.


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