Bill Stafford

{{short description|American baseball player (1938-2001)}}

{{other people|Bill Stafford|William Stafford (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Stafford

|image=Bill Stafford.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1938|8|13}}

|birth_place=Catskill, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2001|9|19|1938|8|13}}

|death_place=Wayne, Michigan, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 17

|debutyear=1960

|debutteam=New York Yankees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 19

|finalyear=1967

|finalteam=Kansas City Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=43–40

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.52

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=449

|teams=

• New York Yankees ({{Baseball year|1960}}–{{Baseball year|1965}})
• Kansas City Athletics ({{Baseball year|1966}}–{{Baseball year|1967}})

|highlights=

• 2× World Series champion ({{wsy|1961}}, {{wsy|1962}})

}}

William Charles Stafford (August 13, 1938 – September 19, 2001) was a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1960 to 1967. Stafford was a successful pitcher for the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1962, winning a combined 28 games in two seasons. He appeared in the World Series 3 times for the Yankees from 1960 to 1962, and was the winning pitcher in Game 3 of the 1962 World Series versus the San Francisco Giants. In September 2001, Stafford died in his home at the age of 63 of a heart attack.