Bill Cristall

William Arthur "Bill" Cristall (born September 12,, 1875 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a former pitcher who played in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians (1901). Cristall batted and threw left-handed. His playing height and weight were listed as 5 foot 7 inches and 145 lbs. He made his major league debut on September 03, 1901. His time in the major leagues was short, as he only started and pitched in six career games. His career numbers were not so impressive, as his win-loss record would be 1-5, although he did pitch 5 complete games and his one win was a shutout. Although he had very few at bats, he was a respectable hitter, especially for a pitcher, as he had 7 hits in 20 at-bats, including two hits for triples, and finished with a career .350 batting aaverage. He finished his career with a fielding percentage of .957, making only one error in his six starts. His last game would be on September 28, 1901. He was the first professional baseball player to be born in Ukraine and is one of only three players in Major League history, (the other two being reuben Ewing and Izzy Goldstein to have been born in Ukraine. He is also the only Ukrainian baseball player to record a victory, a strikeout, a walk, a win, a loss, a complete game, a shutout, and a hit batter in major league history. Bill passed away on January 28, 1939 in Buffalo, New York.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference