William James Antonello (May 19, 1927 – March 4, 1993) was an American professional baseball player whose 12-season career included 40 games in Major League Baseball as an outfielder, pinch hitter and pinch runner for the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Brooklyn[1][2] native threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

Antonello attended Fort Hamilton High School and served in the United States Navy as a 17-year-old during World War II.

[3] He signed with the Dodgers in 1946 and spent seven full seasons in their farm system before his promotion to the 1953 edition.

In his long big-league campaign, he started nine games, five of them in left field, scored nine runs, and collected seven hits and two bases on balls in 45 plate appearances.