Bill Currie (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bill Currie (baseball)

baseball player

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1928

Place of Birth: Leary, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 30-Oct-2013

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Bill Currie (baseball)

  • William Cleveland Currie (November 29, 1928 โ€“ October 30, 2013) was an American professional baseball player.
  • He was a right-handed pitcher whose ten-year minor league career was punctuated by a three-game stint in Major League Baseball with the 1955 Washington Senators. From 1950 to 1959, the 6 ft (1.8 m), 175 lb (79 kg) Currie compiled a 92โ€“72 winโ€“loss record in minor league baseball, playing for at least six Major League organizations.
  • His brief trial with Washington in April 1955, however, was marked by his rude treatment by the New York Yankees in his MLB debut at Yankee Stadium.
  • Currie entered the game (the Senators' second of the year) in the fifth inning as his team's third pitcher of the day with New York already leading 7โ€“0.
  • He loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batsman and gave up a two-run single to Whitey Ford in his first inning.
  • Then, in his next frame, he gave up back-to-back home runs to Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron as the Yanks added on four more runs.
  • Currie gave up five hits and five earned runs in two innings, with two bases on balls, one hit batter, and one wild pitch in an eventual 19โ€“1 Washington defeat. Currie pitched much more effectively in his next two outings, also as a relief pitcher, but he was sent back to the Double-A Southern Association when the rosters were reduced from 28 to 25 players.
  • In his three MLB games, he yielded seven hits and six earned runs in 4? innings pitched, with two walks and two strikeouts.

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