page_title: Bill Gray (baseball)
section_title: Pittsburgh Pirates: 1898
hierarchical_section_title: Bill Gray (baseball) / Baseball career / Pittsburgh Pirates: 1898
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of Jack McCarthy, baseball player
context_page_description: William Tolan "Bill" Gray, also spelled Bill Grey, was an American third baseman and utility player in Major League Baseball between 1890 and 1898. He played two seasons each with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds, and was the starter at third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates during his final season in the major leagues. He was officially listed as standing 5 feet 11 inches and weighing 175 pounds.
context_section_description: After trading for Gray, the Pirates made him their starter at third base for the 1898 season; it was the only year in his major league career in which he appeared at only one position. In 585 plate appearances—third-most on the team—Gray led the Pirates in doubles (17) and batted in 67 runs, second to Jack McCarthy. He notched 121 hits in 528 at bats (a .229 average), taking 28 walks and scoring 56 runs. In the field, however, he committed 59 errors in 486 chances. While a high total in the modern era (Chipper Jones led the major leagues in 2009 with 22 errors at third base), it was not unheard of for the National League at the turn of the century; the third basemen who led that league in errors between 1891 and 1900 averaged 70 errors per season. Still, Gray's 59 were second only to the 60 committed by Barry McCormick in 1898, and it was the last season that he ever played in the top-level leagues.
caption: Gray was second on the 1898 Pirates to Jack McCarthy in runs batted in.
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