William Melville Clemensen (June 20, 1919 – February 18, 1994) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He graduated from

Santa Cruz High School Santa Cruz High School is a comprehensive public school in Santa Cruz, California which originally opened in 1897 and now serves an enrollment of about 1,040 students in grades nine through twelve. It is part of the Santa Cruz City School Distr ...

in 1935, where he was halfback on the football team, a starter on the basketball team, and a pitcher for the baseball team. He graduated when he was sixteen.

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1919 births 1994 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Baseball players from New Brunswick, New Jersey Hutchinson Larks players Knoxville Smokies players Gadsden Pilots players Albany Senators players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Columbus Red Birds players Sacramento Solons players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub Santa Cruz High School alumni