William Clarke Bordley was born on January 9,1958 and is a former Major League Baseball pitcher with the San Francisco Giants.
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23 Facts About Bill Bordley
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Bill Bordley was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Bill Bordley is a two time California Player of the Year and high school All American, who led the Knights to the 1975 State Championship at Dodger Stadium.
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Bill Bordley was drafted ahead of future Major League Baseball All-Stars such as Jack Morris, Ken Landreaux, Leon Durham, Pat Tabler, Bruce Hurst, Mike Scioscia, Mike Scott, Alan Trammell and Rickey Henderson.
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Bill Bordley elected to forego the Majors to attend the University of Southern California.
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Bill Bordley led the Trojans to the 1978 College World Series and subsequently the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in the same year.
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Bill Bordley started and won the final game of the 1978 College World Series, shutting out Arizona State University into the 8th inning.
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In 2014, Bill Bordley joined Rod Dedeaux, Fred Lynn, Rich Dauer and Roy Smalley as USC's five inductees to the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Bill Bordley joins Tom Seaver as the only two MLB players ever having the Commissioner allow a player a special lottery.
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Bill Bordley signed a Major League Contract and a then record $250,000 signing bonus.
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Bill Bordley appeared in the game as the Giants starting pitcher against the Cincinnati Reds.
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Bill Bordley registered a strike out against the first batter faced, Reds outfielder Dave Collins.
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Bill Bordley would go on to give up 3 runs over 6 innings to earn the win over Reds pitcher and future Hall of Famer Tom Seaver.
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In Bill Bordley's second start in Cincinnati, he surrendered a historic home run to Bench, tying Yogi Berra for all time home runs by a catcher.
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Bill Bordley won his first two starts against the Reds and in his 3rd start in Pittsburgh, held the World Champion Pirates to 1 earned run in 7 innings.
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Bill Bordley was released following a comeback attempt in the Giants minor league system in 1982.
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Bill Bordley was compelled, via subpoena, to testify through the Office of Independent Counsel headed by Ken Starr, in the matter concerning the president and White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
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Bill Bordley was in charge of all presidential and vice presidential security operations in visits to Russia.
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Bill Bordley accompanied Russian president Vladimir Putin, on numerous visits to the United States, coordinating with Kremlin counterparts.
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Bill Bordley provided oversight on top secret investigations, including the counterfeiting of United States currency, fraudulent international banking operations and protection assignments in over 50 countries.
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Bill Bordley is conversant in the German language and maintains top secret clearance.
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