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Jan 24, 1875 Guelph, Ontario, Canada Died on 16 Aug 1937 (aged 62)
Canadian baseball player
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About Bunk Congalton
- William Millar "Bunk" Congalton (January 24, 1875 – August 19, 1937) was a Major League Baseball right fielder.
- A native of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, he stood 5'11" and weighed 190 lbs.Congalton was a minor league star who twice led the Western Association in batting average.
- He reached the major leagues at the age of 27 with the Chicago Orphans, then was back in the big leagues three years later with the Cleveland Naps.
- He was fourth in the American League in 1906 with a .320 batting average, and also ranked in the league's top ten for on-base percentage (.361), slugging percentage (.396), and home runs (3).
- Playing for Cleveland and the Boston Americans in 1907, his .282 average was tenth-best in the league. Congalton died at the age of 62 in Cleveland, Ohio after suffering a heart attack the previous Sunday at a Cleveland Indians game.
- He was interred at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Twinsburg, Ohio.
