Bill McCorry

William Charles McCorry was an American Major [League Baseball] pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in. He had a long career as a player/manager in the minor leagues that lasted as late as 1942, including lengthy stints with the Albany [Senators |Albany Senators] and Ogden Reds. He also served as traveling secretary for the New [York Yankees] and general manager of the Augusta Yankees.
In the late 1940s, McCorry also served as a scout. The Yankees sent him to Birmingham in 1949 to evaluate Willie Mays, but they passed on pursuing the prospect after McCorry complained that he "couldn't hit a curveball."