William Anthony Hallahan was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s.
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William Anthony Hallahan was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Bill Hallahan signed with their nearby AA farm club, the Syracuse Stars of the International League, in 1924.
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In 1926, Bill Hallahan pitched in 19 games for the Cardinals during the regular season, and made a first, brief World Series appearance that fall against the New York Yankees.
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Bill Hallahan spent 1927 with Syracuse, winning 19 games and leading the International League in strikeouts and walks.
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Bill Hallahan became a starting pitcher in 1930, winning 15 games for the pennant-winning Cardinals and leading the NL in strikeouts and walks.
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In 1931, Bill Hallahan again led the NL in strikeouts and walks and won 19 games, as St Louis again took the league championship for a rematch against the Athletics.
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Bill Hallahan's dominance is even more impressive because the A's featured a predominantly right-handed-hitting lineup, including fearsome sluggers Jimmie Foxx and Al Simmons.
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Bill Hallahan stayed with the Cardinals until May 31,1936, when he was sold to the Cincinnati Reds, then a second-division team.
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Bill Hallahan finished with a regular-season record of 102 victories and 94 defeats, 856 strikeouts and 779 walks, and an ERA of 4.
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Bill Hallahan lived on Davis Street on the West Side of Binghamton, where he led a very quiet life.
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Bill Hallahan was a local legend to the young kids in that neighborhood who frequently begged him to show them his World Series watches and rings.
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Wild Bill Hallahan would attend Little League games at nearby Recreation Park to cheer on the neighborhood kids.
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