William J. Butler was a

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

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for the 1884

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. He later played minor league ball in the

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from 1902-1906.

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