Bill Phyle

{{Short description|American baseball player (1875–1953)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Phyle

|image=Bill Phyle.jpg

|position=Pitcher / Third baseman

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1875|6|25}}

|birth_place=Duluth, Minnesota

|death_date={{death date and age|1953|8|6|1875|6|25}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 17

|debutyear=1898

|debutteam=Chicago Orphans

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 15

|finalyear=1906

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=10–19

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.96

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=76

|stat4label=Batting average

|stat4value=.176

|teams=

• Chicago Orphans ({{baseball year|1898}}–{{baseball year|1899}})
• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1901}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{baseball year|1906}})

}}

William Joseph Phyle (June 25, 1875 – August 6, 1953), born in Duluth, Minnesota was a pitcher for Major League Baseball's Chicago Orphans (1898–99) and New York Giants (1901) and a third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals (1906). He pitched a shutout on his Major League debut, in a 9–0 victory over the Washington Senators on September 17, 1898.{{cite book|last=Snyder|first=John|title=Cubs Journal: Year by Year and Day by Day with the Chicago Cubs Since 1876|year=2005|publisher=Emmis Books|location=United States|isbn=1578601924|pages=717}}

After his playing career finished, Phyle was an umpire in the Pacific Coast League.{{cite book|last=Snelling|first=Dennis|title=The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903–1957|year=2012|publisher=McFarland Publishing|location=United States|isbn=9780786465248|pages=372}}