William Joseph Ging (November 7, 1872 – September 14, 1950) was a

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."Billy Ging Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2012. Ging was born in

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. He started his professional baseball career in 1898. In 1899, he had a win-loss record of 16-17 for the Connecticut League's New London Whalers."Billy Ging Minor League Statistics & History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2012. He appeared in his only major league game on September 25, when he started and completed the

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' final game of the season, a 2-1 win over the

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.Nemec, David (2006). ''The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball''. The University of Alabama Press. p. 807. Ging then played in the minor leagues from 1900 to 1904. He died in his hometown of Elmira in 1950.

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