{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1887)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Billy Riley |image=Billy Riley.jpg |position=Outfielder |birth_date=1855 |birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1887|11|9|1855}} |death_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 4 |debutyear=1875 |debutteam=Keokuk Westerns |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 30 |finalyear=1879 |finalteam=Cleveland Blues |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games played |stat1value=51 |stat2label=Batting average |stat2value=.144 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=10 |teams= * Keokuk Westerns ({{Baseball year|1875}}) * Cleveland Blues ({{Baseball year|1879}}) }}
'''William James Riley''' (1855–1887), nicknamed "Pigtail Billy", was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the 1875 Keokuk Westerns and the 1879 Cleveland Blues.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rileybi01.shtml "Billy Riley Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2011.</ref>
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