Bill Brandt (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1915–1968)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Brandt

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1915|3|21}}

|birth_place=Aurora, Indiana

|death_date={{death date and age|1968|5|16|1915|3|21}}

|death_place=Fort Wayne, Indiana

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 20

|debutyear=1941

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1943

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=5–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.57

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=21

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1941}}–{{baseball year|1943}})

}}

William George Brandt (March 21, 1915 – May 16, 1968) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1941–43) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. For his career, he compiled a 5–3 record, with a 3.57 earned run average, and 21 strikeouts in 80{{fraction|2|3}} innings pitched.

From 1944 to 1945, Brandt served in the United States Navy during World War II.{{cite web |title=Baseball in Wartime – Those Who Served A to Z |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm |website=BaseballinWartime.com |accessdate=March 22, 2019}} While in the Navy, he played for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Bluejackets in 1944.Bullock, Steve. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43609950 "Playing for Their Nation: The American Military and Baseball During World War II"], Journal of Sport History, volume 27, number 1, Spring 2000, page 80. Retrieved August 15, 2020.[https://chevronsanddiamonds.wordpress.com/library-of-military-baseball-scorecards-score-books-and-game-programs/1944-great-lakes-vs-local-72-uaw-kenosha-wisconsin/ "1944 Great Lakes vs Local 72 UAW, Kenosha, Wisconsin"], Chevrons and Diamonds website. Retrieved August 15, 2020.