{{short description|American baseball player (1889-1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bill Otis |position=Outfielder |image=Bill Otis.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1889|12|24|mf=y}} |birth_place=Scituate, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1990|12|15|1889|12|24}} |death_place=Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 4 |debutyear={{By|1912}} |debutteam=New York Highlanders |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 6 |finalyear={{By|1912}} |finalteam=New York Highlanders |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.059 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=2 |teams= *New York Highlanders (1912) }} '''Paul Franklin''' "'''Bill'''" '''Otis''' (December 24, 1889 – December 15, 1990) was an American Major League Baseball player. Otis played for the New York Highlanders in the {{by|1912}} season. He was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and died in Duluth, Minnesota.<ref name="BaseballReference">{{cite web|title = Bill Otis - Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com|work = Players|publisher = Baseball-Reference.com|year = 2012|url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/otisbi01.shtml|accessdate = 2012-05-20}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former major league player.
==See also== *List of centenarians (Major League Baseball players) *List of centenarians (sportspeople)
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=o/otisbi01|espn=26010}} *{{Find a Grave}}
{{S-start}} {{S-ach|rec}} {{Succession box| before = John Daley | title =Oldest recognized verified living baseball player| years = August 31, 1988 – December 15, 1990 | after = Red Hoff}} {{S-end}}
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