William Ferdinand "Wild Bill" Luhrsen (April 14, 1884 – August 15, 1973) was a

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. He played for the

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in 1913."Wild Bill Luhrsen Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

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1884 births 1973 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Baseball players from Iroquois County, Illinois Minor league baseball managers Pine Bluff Pine Knotts players Argenta Shamrocks players Poplar Bluff (minor league baseball) players Brinkley (minor league baseball) players Great Bend Millers players El Reno Packers players Superior Brickmakers players Selma Centralites players Albany Babies players Albany Senators players Omaha Rourkes players Sioux City Indians players Little Rock Travelers players Sherman Hitters players People from Buckley, Illinois Marianna Brickeys players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub