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Bill Monbouquette

Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (died 2015)

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Born
August 11, 1936
Died
January 25, 2015
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1936

About Bill Monbouquette

William Charles Monbouquette was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1958–65), Detroit Tigers (1966–67), New York Yankees (1967–68), and the San Francisco Giants (1968). A four-time All-Star player, Monbouquette was notable for pitching a no-hitter in 1962 as a member of the Red Sox. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000. He won at least 14 games from 1960 to 1963, with a career-high 20 victories in 1963. He also collected two one-hit games, and set a Red Sox record with a 17 strikeout-game against the Washington Senators in 1961. The record stood until Roger Clemens established a major league record with 20 strikeouts in a 1986 game against Seattle.

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Bill Monbouquette timeline

  1. He won at least 14 games from 1960 to 1963, with a career-high 20 victories in 1963.
  2. He also collected two one-hit games, and set a Red Sox record with a 17 strikeout-game against the Washington Senators in 1961.
  3. A four-time All-Star player, Monbouquette was notable for pitching a no-hitter in 1962 as a member of the Red Sox.
  4. The record stood until Roger Clemens established a major league record with 20 strikeouts in a 1986 game against Seattle.

The world when Bill Monbouquette was born

Bill Monbouquette was born in 1936. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1936

  • #1 song"The Way You Look Tonight" – Fred Astaire
  • Top movieModern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Top TV showBBC Television Service launches
  • Best-selling bookGone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJesse Owens wins 4 gold medals at Berlin Olympics
  • Top headlineJesse Owens dominates the Berlin Olympics
  • Technology milestoneBBC launches the world's first regular television service
  • Defining fadSwing dancing
  • Notable inventionSun glasses (mass-produced)
  • World population2.26 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population128.1M

1936 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bill Monbouquette's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19362026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,100$435,000
Average income$2,900$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population128.1M341 million

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