Religion: not determined yet
Name: Bill Rickey
Classification:
supporting character
based on a real person
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941): "Death Loads the Bases"
Creators: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: The Black Toad
Defended or Helped by: Captain America, Bucky
Occupation: athlete
Worked for: The Brooklyn Badgers
Gender: male
Note: WWII-era pro-baseball player
Bill Rickey was the pitcher for the Brooklyn Badgers. He was temporarily replaced on the field by an in-disguise Captain America, in order to catch the Black Toad, who had already killed two teammates.
The Brooklyn Badgers are Marvel analogs of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Bill Rickey was based on real-life baseball legend Joe DiMaggio Teammates Bill Dickey.
Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941): "Death Loads the Bases"Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (June 2009): "Death Loads the Bases"
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/blacktoadcac7.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/rfrid.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dickey
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/broabros.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/black0nv.htm
- https://www.comics.org/issue/1708/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=21706
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Captain_America_Comics_Vol_1_7