Belden Hill

{{Short description|American baseball player (1864–1934)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Belden Hill

|position=Third baseman

|birth_date={{Birth date|1864|8|24}}

|birth_place=Kewanee, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1934|10|22|1864|8|24}}

|death_place=Cedar Rapids, Iowa

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 27

|debutyear=1890

|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 4

|finalyear=1890

|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Hits

|stat3label=Runs

|stat1value=.167

|stat2value=5

|stat3value=2

|teams=

}}

Belden L. Hill (August 24, 1864 – October 22, 1934) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association in nine games in 1890. He remained active as a player in minor league baseball through 1905.

Hill helped found the Cedar Rapids Bunnies minor league team[https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-207896 Minor League Baseball] and managed the club from 1896–1908 and 1913-1914. He won league championships with Cedar Rapids in 1897 and 1906 and served as President of the Mississippi Valley League from 1926–1931.

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