William Walker Cash [″Ready″] (February 21, 1919 – September 12, 2011) was a baseball

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 player in the Negro Leagues

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 from to . He batted and threw right handed.

Born in Round Oak, Georgia

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, Bill Cash was a catcher

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 who spent one season in the Mexican League and played for two minor league teams, in the early 1950s. Eventually, he played at third base

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 and outfield

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. In addition, he spent time in the Dominican, Mexican Pacific and Venezuelan winter leagues.

Cash died on September 12, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, at the age of 92.