| Bill Harbridge | |
| Position: | Catcher/Center fielder |
| Birth Date: | March 29, 1855 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Left |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | May 15 |
| Debutteam: | Hartford Dark Blues |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | October 3 |
| Finalteam: | Cincinnati Outlaw Reds |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat1value: | .247 |
| Stat2value: | 2 |
| Stat3value: | 114 |
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William Arthur Harbridge (March 29, 1855 - March 17, 1924), also known as "Yaller Bill", was a Major League Baseball player who split his playing time between catcher and in the outfield for five different teams during his nine-season career that lasted from through .[1]
He began his career in the last year of the National Association and finished with the Union Association in its only year of existence.[1]
On May 6,, Bill is credited as becoming the first left-handed catcher in major league baseball history.[2] He died in his hometown of Philadelphia at the age of 68, and was interred at Fernwood Cemetery in Fernwood, Pennsylvania.[1]