finalyear bats death_date birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1872 unknown unknown new york , new york 1872 july 9 4 4 .286 catcher brooklyn eckfords games played hits batting average june 20 unknown william bestick
 brooklyn eckfords william bestick unknown
william bestick

william bestick was an american professional baseball player in the early 1870s .
he appeared in four games with the brooklyn eckfords , three of which as the catcher .
in 14 at bats , he collected four hits for a .286 batting average .
it is not known when or where he was born , nor when he died .
peter morris , a baseball historian for sabr , claims that the only known man by this name that has been found , died on july 28 , 1911 in new york , ny .
