Bill Lennon

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William H. Lennon

• Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
• Height 5' 7", Weight 145 lb.

• Debut May 4, 1871
• Born January 3 1845 in Brooklyn, NY USA
• Died August 19, 1910 in Philadelphia, PA USA

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Bill Lennon scored the first ever run. A player in 1871-73, his last two teams didn't win a single game, going 0-11 and 0-6. His first team was also under .500.

Bill was mostly a catcher. He was not a strong hitter, but his teams were so bad that he looked average or above-average on them.

Like many players who appeared in the first year of the National Association, Lennon had previously played amateur ball. He goes back at least as far as 1869, when he played catcher for the Marylands as a teammate of Bobby Mathews.

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