Bill Renna
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| Outfielder | |
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Born: October 14, 1924 Hanford, California |
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Died: June 19, 2014 (aged 89) San Jose, California |
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| MLB debut | |
| April 14, 1953, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 20, 1959, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .239 |
| Home runs | 28 |
| Runs batted in | 119 |
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William Beneditto Renna (October 14, 1924 – June 19, 2014) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a right fielder for four different teams in part of five seasons spanning 1953–1959. Listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), 218 pounds (99 kg), Renna batted and threw right-handed. Nicknamed "Big Bill", he was one of the first of several Santa Clara University graduates to reach the Major League level.
Born in Hanford, California, Renna was the son of William and Christina Renna. He graduated from Hanford Union High School in 1942, and attended University of San Francisco before joining the U.S. Marine Corps and serving in the South Pacific during World War II.
After discharge, Renna attended Menlo College before transferring to SCU in 1947, where he was an outstanding athlete while playing baseball, basketball and football. Renna played in the East–West Shrine Game in 1949 and was selected for the All-American team that year.
Renna entered the majors in 1953 with the New York Yankees, playing one season for them before joining the Philadelphia Athletics (1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955–1956) and Boston Red Sox (1958–1959).
As a rookie in 1953, Renna hit a .314 batting average in 61 games for the Yankees, while in 1958, playing for the Red Sox, he hit .268 with four home runs and slugged .571 in 39 games, driving in 18 runs on 15 pinch-hit appearances.
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