Bill Vinton

{{Short description|American baseball player (1865–1893)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Vinton

|position=Pitcher

|image=Bill Vinton.JPG

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1865|4|27}}

|birth_place=Winthrop, Massachusetts

|death_date={{death date and age|1893|9|3|1865|4|27}}

|death_place=Pawtucket, Rhode Island

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 3

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=Philadelphia Quakers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 16

|finalyear=1885

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=17-19

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.46

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=160

|teams=

• Philadelphia Quakers ({{Baseball year|1884}}–{{Baseball year|1885}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{Baseball year|1885}})

}}

William Miller Vinton (April 27, 1865 – September 3, 1893), was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Vinton was the star pitcher and captain of the Andover baseball team in the early 1880s. He then attended Yale University and played ball there before turning professional.[http://www.pa59ers.com/library/Harrison/Athletics07.html "Fred H. Harrison. Athletics for All."] pa59ers.com. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

In 1884, Vinton joined the National League's Philadelphia Quakers. He was the team's best pitcher, posting a 10-10 record with a 2.23 earned run average.Shiffert, John. Base ball in Philadelphia: a history of the early game, 1831–1900 (2006), p. 120. Vinton started off slow in 1885 and finished off that season with the Philadelphia Athletics. His career major league record was 17-19.

Vinton returned to Yale and graduated in 1888. He then pitched for the New England League's Lowell Chippies and went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA. The following season, he went to the Minneapolis Millers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=vinton001bil "Bill Vinton Minor League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

File:William Miller "Bill" Vinton, Pitcher, Minneapolis, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes MET DP846026.jpg

Vinton died in 1893, at the age of 28 from Cholera.{{cite web| url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html | title=Too Young To Die}}