Born:(1902-08-04)August 4, 1902 Binghamton, New York, U.S.
Died: July 8, 1981(1981-07-08) (aged 78) Binghamton, New York, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 16, 1925, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 14, 1938, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
102–94
Earned run average
4.03
Strikeouts
856
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1925–1926; 1929–1936)
Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937)
Philadelphia Phillies (1938)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1933)
3× World Series champion (1926, 1931, 1934)
NL wins leader (1931)
2× NL strikeout leader (1930, 1931)
William Anthony Hallahan (August 4, 1902 – July 8, 1981) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s. Nicknamed "Wild Bill" because of his lack of control on the mound—he twice led the National League in bases on balls—Hallahan nevertheless was one of the pitching stars of the 1931 World Series and pitched his finest in postseason competition.
Hallahan also was the starting pitcher for the National League in the first All-Star Game in 1933, losing a 4–2 decision to Lefty Gomez of the American League and surrendering a third-inning home run to Babe Ruth in the process.
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starts, two wins and seven innings of no-hit pitching in Game 3. "Wild" BillHallahan started and won the other two for the Cards, and saved Game 7. The Athletics...
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the Athletics. The Cards take game two of the Series, 2–0, behind BillHallahan's three hit performance. October 5 – Burleigh Grimes gives up just two...
first 100-win season ever, winning the pennant by thirteen games, with BillHallahan saving Game 7 to beat Philadelphia. The two following seasons saw them...
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