Bill Coughlin

Bill Coughlin
Bill Coughlin
	Third baseman
	Born: July 12, 1878; Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
	Died: May 7, 1943 (aged 64); Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 9, 1899, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
	September 23, 1908, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.252
Hits	972
Runs batted in	380
Stolen bases	159
Teams
	Washington Senators (NL) (1899); Washington Senators (AL) (1901–1904); Detroit Tigers (1904–1908);

William Paul Coughlin (July 12, 1878 – May 7, 1943), nicknamed "Scranton Bill", was an American Major League Baseball third baseman for the Washington Senators (1901–1904) and Detroit Tigers (1904–1908). Coughlin spent his entire adult life (1899–1943) playing and coaching baseball, as a major league player, minor league coach, and spending his last 23 years as the head baseball coach at Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.