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Bill Atwood
Catcher
Born: (1911-09-25)September 25, 1911
Rome, Georgia
Died: September 14, 1993(1993-09-14) (aged 81)
Snyder, Texas
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 15, 1936, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1940, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average.229
Home runs7
Runs batted in112
Teams

William Franklin Atwood was a Major League Baseball catcher. He was born on September 25, 1911 in Rome, Georgia. Bill attended college at Hardin-Simmons University. In 342 career games between 1936 and 1940, Atwood had 220 hits in 961 at bats, all for the Philadelphia Phillies. He died on September 14, 1993 after a car accident in Snyder, Texas.