Bill McCaffrey

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill McCaffrey

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date=Unknown

|birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 15

|debutyear=1885

|debutteam=Cincinnati Red Stockings

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 15

|finalyear=1885

|finalteam=Cincinnati Red Stockings

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=1-0

|stat1value=1-0

|stat2label=E.R.A.

|stat2value=6.00

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Cincinnati Red Stockings (1885)

}}

William T. McCaffrey was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues for the 1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings. His Major League debut came as the starting pitcher against the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers on June 15, 1885, a game McCaffrey and the Red Stockings won despite McCaffrey giving up 9 runs, 6 of them earned, as the Red Stockings scored 11 runs in the game against Brooklyn's starting pitcher Adonis Terry.{{cite web|title=Bill McCaffrey|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccaf01.shtml|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-02-07}}{{cite web|title=1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings Game Log|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1885/VCN201885.htm|publisher=Retrosheet|accessdate=2012-02-06}} In 1886, Terry played for the Wilkes-Barre's minor league team in the Pennsylvania State Association.{{cite web|title=Bill McCaffrey-minors|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mccaff004---|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-02-07}}