Bill Rapps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1881
Place of Birth: Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 20-Apr-1965
Profession: baseball player
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Bill Rapps
- William Herman "Bill" Rapps (February 1, 1881 – April 20, 1965) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 consecutive seasons—1903 to 1917—in Minor League Baseball.
- He was known by several nicknames over his career, the most frequent being "Roaring Bill" for his boisterous on-field performance.
- Over his career, he played a number of positions, the most frequent being outfield and first base.
- In 1907, he was moved to second base and in 1914 became a backup catcher. Rapps never made it to the highest level of professional baseball, which several sources throughout his career attributed to his behavior and lackadaisical play.
- In 1906, the Leavenworth Post wrote that Rapps had a "sulking disposition" and shortly thereafter he was sold from the team.
- The Topeka State Journal noted in 1907 that Rapps was often "accused of being a follower of a vaudeville circuit".
- He briefly tempered his clownish behavior, but in 1908 he started up again.
- Rapps joined the Portland Beavers in 1910, but was sold from the club after three seasons.
- The end of his tenure in Portland culminated in a public feud with team manager Walt McCredie, who accused Rapps of under-performing in 1912 because he was not made team captain.
- Rapps was sold by Portland to the Topeka Jayhawks in 1913 and the following year won the House Cup, which was given to the most valuable Topeka player.
- Rapps retired in 1917 after last playing for the Charles City Tractorites.
- Following his retirement, Rapps worked on his farm in Missouri.
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