finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1886 unknown 15 july 1900 hartford , connecticut new york , new york 1874 june 28 .171 0 23 manager/catcher/right fielder baltimore orioles batting average home runs runs batted in may 7 26 january 1853 barniecard.jpg billy barnie
 hartford dark blues billy barnie right
billy barnie

william harrison barnie -lrb- january 26 , 1853 -- july 15 , 1900 -rrb- , nicknamed `` bald billy , '' was an american manager and catcher in major league baseball .
born in new york city , he played as a right fielder in the national association in 1874-1875 .
in 1883 he became manager of the baltimore orioles of the american association ; he appeared as a backup catcher that season , and also played two games in 1886 , but otherwise did not take the field .
after leaving the orioles following the 1891 season , he managed the washington senators -lrb- 1892 -rrb- , louisville colonels -lrb- 1893 -- 1894 -rrb- and brooklyn bridegrooms -lrb- 1897 -- 1898 -rrb- .
his career managerial record consists of 632 wins and 810 losses .
his best finish was third place with the 1887 orioles .
barnie died in hartford , connecticut at the age of 47 , of pneumonia complicated by asthmatic bronchitis , and was buried at green-wood cemetery in brooklyn , new york .
