Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and nicknamed "Scranton Bill" (also "Rowdy Bill"), Coughlin played nine seasons in the major leagues. Coughlin had a career batting average of .252 with 159 stolen bases and 123 sacrifice hits, including 36 sacrifice hits in 1906 (2nd best in the American League). Coughlin was twice among the AL leaders in home runs during the dead-ball era, with 6 each year in 1901 and 1902.\n', '

Coughlin began his major league baseball career with Washington\'s National League club in 1899 but played in only 6 games. Two years later, he joined the newly formed Washington Senators for their inaugural season in the American League. He played with the Senators from 1901 to 1905.\n', '

Coughlin\'s best year was 1902, when he had career highs in batting average (.301), on-base percentage (.348), slugging percentage (.414), hits (141), doubles (27), home runs (6), and RBIs (71).\n', '

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