William Glenn McCahan was an American professional

Professional baseball

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 baseball

Baseball

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 player who played pitcher

Pitcher

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 in the Major Leagues

Major League Baseball

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 from 1946 to 1949.

As a rookie on September 3, 1947

1947 Philadelphia Athletics season

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, he threw a no-hitter

No-hitter

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 for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Washington Senators

1947 Washington Senators season

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. With one out

Out (baseball)

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 in the second inning

Inning

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, Athletics' first baseman

First baseman

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 Ferris Fain

Ferris Fain

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, after fielding a routine ground ball, threw wildly to McCahan, covering first base. Stan Spence

Stan Spence

Stanley Orville Spence was a Major League Baseball center fielder who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns . Spence batted and threw left-handed...

 of the Senators made it all the way to second base, the only blemish on McCahan's otherwise perfect game

Perfect game

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.

McCahan also played professional basketball

Basketball

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 for the Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals

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 of the National Basketball League

National Basketball League (United States)

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. His interment was located at Fort Worth's cemetery Greenwood Memorial Park.

External links

• Bill McCahan at Find a Grave
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• NBL statistics available from BBALLSports.com's downloadable database