Bill Dammann

{{Short description|American baseball player (1872–1948)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Dammann

|position=Pitcher

|image=File:Bill Dammann 1902.jpg

|caption=Dammann with Nashville in 1902

|birth_date={{Birth date|1872|8|9}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1948|12|6|1872|8|9}}

|death_place=Lynnhaven, Virginia, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 24

|debutyear=1897

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 22

|finalyear=1899

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat1value=24–15

|stat2value=4.06

|stat3value=74

|teams=

}}

William Henry ("Wee Willie") Dammann (August 9, 1872 – December 6, 1948) was an American left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of Chicago, he played for three seasons in Major League Baseball, all of them with the Cincinnati Reds. His major league debut was in {{By|1897}} and he last appeared in the Majors in {{By|1899}}. In his three seasons, he went 24–15 in 60 games where, starting 38 games and completing 26 with four shutouts.

On July 9, 1902, Dammann, pitching for the Southern Association's Nashville Baseball Club, pitched a 5-inning no-hitter against the Shreveport Giants at Athletic Park in Nashville.{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AscmKoVLYjYPdE9MLXIzNVo4VnRFc2lpaW4yUF91aFE&authkey=CL_3m-cC&authkey=CL_3m-cC#gid=0 |title=Minor League No-Hitters |last=McGill |first=Chuck |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=September 17, 2015}}

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