Bill Brinker

{{short description|American baseball player (1883-1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Brinker

|position=Outfielder/Third baseman

|image=Bill Brinker 1914.jpeg

|width=150px

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1883|8|30|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Warrensburg, Missouri, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1965|2|5|1883|8|30}}

|death_place=Arcadia, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 24

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 27

|finalyear=1912

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.222

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies (1912)

}}

William Hutchinson "Dodo" Brinker (August 30, 1883 – February 5, 1965) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and third baseman. Brinker played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the {{By|1912}} season. In 9 career games, he had 4 hits in 18 at-bats. He batted right and left and threw right-handed.

He attended the University of Washington. He played college baseball for the Huskies from 1903–1905 and was the program's head coach 1906, 1909–1910, 1915–1916, and 1918–1919.{{cite web|title=University of Washington Baseball Players Who Made It to a Major League Baseball Team|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_washington_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=21 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051202092907/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_washington_baseball_players.shtml|url-status=dead|archivedate=2005-12-02}}{{cite web |title=2012 University of Washington Baseball Record Book |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012UWbsbrecords.pdf |publisher=Washington Sports Information |accessdate=17 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612220316/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012UWbsbrecords.pdf |archivedate=2012-06-12 |url-status=dead }}

Brinker was born in Warrensburg, Missouri and died in Arcadia, California.