| Billy Nash | |
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 1888 card of Nash | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born:(1865-08-15)August 15, 1865 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | |
| Died: November 15, 1929(1929-11-15) (aged 64) East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 5, 1884, for the Richmond Virginians | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 28, 1898, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .275 |
| Home runs | 60 |
| Runs batted in | 983 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
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As manager | |
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William Mitchell Nash (June 24, 1865 – November 15, 1929) was an AmericanMajor League Baseballthird baseman. He played 15 seasons in the majors, from1884 to1898. He served as player-manager of thePhiladelphia Phillies in1896, and in 1901 heumpired 101 games in theNational League.
Nash entered the professional leagues with his hometown team theRichmond Virginians of theAmerican Association in 1884 as a nineteen-year-old. He played 45 games and batted .199. He joined the Boston Beaneaters in 1885. He batted .255 in 26 games. He would play 10 of his next 11 seasons with the Beaneaters, with the 1890 season being the exception when Nash joined thePlayers' League that was filled with stars that left for greener pastures. He batted a career-best in 1887 with a .295 season in 121 games and also stole a career-high 43 bases. Nash participated in one postseason series in the1892 World Series (the last of the "pre-modern World Series" matchups), in which the National League matched up the two champions of the first and second half to a best-of-nine series. Nash batted .167 with just four hits but Boston won in six games. He was traded to thePhiladelphia Phillies forBilly Hamilton in 1896, where he closed out his last three seasons (with his first season seeing him serve as player-manager), batting over .240 in each year before electing to stop playing on May 28 after playing just 20 games in the 1898 season. He became a minor league manager in Buffalo and Hartford after his playing days ended.[1]
In 15 seasons, Nashplayed 1,553 games, compiling a .275batting average (1616-5867), with 271doubles, 87triples, 60home runs, 983RBIs, 805walks to 414 strikeouts, a .367on-base percentage, and a .382slugging percentage.
He ran a variety of jobs after finishing baseball, such as managing a hotel in Buffalo, umpiring for a time in 1901 and studying for a MD to serve in the medical department inWrentham, Massachusetts. While inspecting a medical facility inEast Orange, New Jersey, he had a fatal heart attack at 64 on November 15, 1929.
