Billy Ging

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William Joseph Ging (November 7, 1872 – September 14, 1950) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Ging was born in Elmira, New York. He started his professional baseball career in 1898. In 1899, he had a win-loss record of 16-17 for the Connecticut League's New London Whalers. He appeared in his only major league game on September 25, when he started and completed the Boston Beaneaters' final game of the season, a 2-1 win over the New York Giants. Ging then played in the minor leagues from 1900 to 1904. After his baseball career, he worked for years for the Pennsylvania Railroad and American-LaFrance-Foamite. He died in his hometown of Elmira in 1950.

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1. date of death: 1950 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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