Bill Fincher (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1894-1946)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Fincher

|image=1917 Zeenut Bill Fincher.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|5|26}}

|birth_place=Atlanta

|death_date={{death date and age|1946|5|7|1894|5|26}}

|death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 23

|debutyear={{mlby|1916}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 23

|finalyear={{mlby|1916}}

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.14

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=5

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1916}})

}}

William Allen Fincher (May 26, 1894 – May 7, 1946) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in {{mlby|1916}}.{{Cite web|title=Bill Fincher Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/finchbi01.shtml|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}} In 1946, Fincher committed suicide with a pistol in Shreveport, Louisiana.{{Cite news |date=May 8, 1946 |title=Pistol Shot is Fatal to Local Man |work=The Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22596267/william-allen-fincher/ |access-date=September 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}