A quick look at Bill Otis’ Baseball Reference page doesn’t show anything especially weird. He played four major league games in his career. Yes, he went just 1-17 in that time, but he’s far from the only person to struggle early in their major league career and then never get another chance.
In some ways, Otis was the prototypical anonymous major leaguer. However, considering his anonymity, some weird things happened in his major league career.
Otis was born in Massachusetts and played baseball at Williams College, which is where he came to prominence. During his senior season in 1912, he was hitting over .