He began his career in the last year of the National Association and finished with the Union Association in its only year of existence.\n', '

On May 6, 1876, Bill is credited as becoming the first left-handed catcher in major league baseball history. He died in his hometown of Philadelphia at the age of 68, and was interred at Fernwood Cemetery in Fernwood, Pennsylvania.\n', '

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