William Arthur Harbridge (March 29, 1855 – March 17, 1924), also known as "Yaller Bill", was a Major League Baseball player who split his playing time between catcher and in the outfield for five different teams during his nine-season career that lasted from through . Career He began his career in the last year of the National Association and finished with the Union Association in its only year of existence. On May 6, , Bill is credited as becoming the first left-handed catcher in major league baseball history. He died in his hometown of Philadelphia at the age of 68, and was interred at Fernwood Cemetery in Fernwood, Pennsylvania. References External links 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Philadelphia Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball center fielders Hartford Dark Blues players Chicago White Stockings players Troy Trojans players Philadelphia Quakers players Cincinnati Outlaw Reds players 1855 births 1924 deaths Springfield (minor league baseball) players Holyoke (minor league baseball) players Brooklyn Atlantics (minor league) players Washington Nationals (minor league) players Albany (minor league baseball) players New York Quicksteps players Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) players Augusta Browns players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Burials at Fernwood Cemetery (Lansdowne, Pennsylvania)