The brief but interesting Yankees career of Bill Otis

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For only having one career hit, Bill Otis did some notably weird things in his time in major league Baseball A quick look at Bill Otis’ Baseball Reference page doesn’t show anything especially weird. He played four major league games in his career. Yes, he went just 1-17 in that time, but he’s far from the only person to struggle early in their major league career and then never get another chance. In some ways, Otis was the prototypical anonymous major leaguer. However, considering his anonymity, some weird things happened in his major league career. Otis was born in Massachusetts and played Baseball at Williams College, which is where he came to prominence. During his senior season in 1912, he was hitting over .400 and caught the eye of the then New York Highlanders. Just a couple days after he graduated, they signed him. A couple days after that, he was playing in his first major league game. Otis made his major league debut on July 4, 1912. The Highlanders were playing the Washington Senators in a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds. Otis played center field and batted second in the lineup, but didn’t manage a hit in either game of the doubleheader. The following day, Otis made a nice catch in another game against the Senators. Later in the game, he also picked up his first major league hit. Otis singled off of future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson, who had come in to pitch relief in what ended up being a 16-inning game. Despite ...

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