Ad Yale

{{short description|American baseball player (1870–1948)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ad Yale |position=First baseman |image= |bats=Right |throws=Unknown |birth_date={{Birth date|1870|4|17}} |birth_place=Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1948|4|27|1870|4|17}} |death_place=Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= September 18 |debutyear= 1905 |debutteam= Brooklyn Superbas |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 20 |finalyear=1905 |finalteam=Brooklyn Superbas |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.077 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=1 |baseball_ref = |teams= * Brooklyn Superbas (1905) }} '''William M.''' '''"Ad"''' '''Yale''' (April 17, 1870{{snd}}April 27, 1948) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in four games in Major League Baseball for the 1905 Brooklyn Superbas as a first baseman.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/04/29/85239323.html?pageNumber=24 WILLIAM YALE], New York Times, April 29, 1948</ref> He also had an extensive minor league baseball career, playing from 1897 until 1914 for a number of teams, primarily the Bridgeport Orators, for whom he played from 1898 to 1905.

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