Bill Clymer

{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1873–1936)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Clymer

|image=1901 Bill Clymer.jpeg

|caption=

|position=Shortstop

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1873|12|18}}

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1936|12|26|1873|12|18}}

|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 25

|debutyear=1891

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 27

|finalyear=1891

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.000

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1891}})

|highlights=

}}

William Johnston Clymer (December 18, 1873 – December 26, 1936) nicknamed "Derby Day Bill", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop in {{mlby|1891}}. After his playing career, Clymer became a successful minor league manager.

Baseball career

At the age of 17, Clymer appeared in three games for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clymebi01.shtml|title=Bill Clymer|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2 February 2010}} In 11 at-bats as a Major League player, he did not collect a hit, but did have one base on balls and one stolen base.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pclymb101.htm|title=Bill Clymer|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2 February 2010}}

Clymer went on to play 18 seasons in the minor leagues (1891–1906)[http://www.psacardfacts.com/CardDetail.aspx?item=17913 Bill Clymer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903192236/http://www.psacardfacts.com/CardDetail.aspx?item=17913 |date=September 3, 2013 }} at PSACardfacts.com and was a minor league manager for approximately 29 years (1898–1932). He was the second minor league manager with more than 2,000 wins. Clymer died at the age of 63 in his hometown of Philadelphia, and is interred at North Cedar Hill Cemetery.