Player #132: William M. "Billy" Hargrave. "Pinky". Catcher with the Washington Senators in 1923-1925 and 1930-1931. 445 hits and 39 home runs in 10 MLB seasons. His best season was 1928 with the Detroit Tigers as he posted a .343 OBP with 63 RBIs in 360 plate appearances. His last MLB season was 1932-1933 with the Boston Braves.
Pinky Hargrave had a ten-year career in the major leagues as a catcher. He hit .330 in 1929. He batted right-handed at first, then as a switch-hitter, and then in 1933 as a left-handed hitter.
His brother Bubbles Hargrave also played in the major leagues. They are not only one of few sets of brothers to both play major league catcher, but they likely have the most amusing set of nicknames for major league brothers: Bubbles and Pinky.
(The second (1923) and third (1925 before being traded mid-season to St. Louis) photographs show Pinky during his first tour with Washington, which included a World Series championship, although Pinky did not appear in the 1924 World Series.)
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