Bill Atwood

{{short description|American baseball player (1911-1993)}}

{{about|the American baseball player|other people of the same name|William Atwood (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Atwood

|position=Catcher

|image=Bill Atwood 1942.jpg

|image_size=250px

|caption=Atwood, circa 1942

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1911|9|25}}

|birth_place=Rome, Georgia, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1993|9|14|1911|9|25}}

|death_place=Snyder, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 15

|debutyear=1936

|debutteam= Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1940

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.229

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=7

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=112

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{by|1936}}–{{by|1940}})

}}

William Franklin Atwood (September 25, 1911 - September 14, 1993) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1936 to 1940.{{cite web |title=Bill Atwood |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/atwoobi01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 26, 2022}}

Atwood was born in Rome, Georgia on September 25, 1911. He attended college at Hardin-Simmons University. In 342 career games between 1936 and 1940, Atwood had 220 hits in 961 at bats. He died on September 14, 1993, after a car accident in Snyder, Texas.