 From the 1909-1910 Illinois Legislature Blue Book |
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| Minneapolis Position: 3b First game: May 17, 1888 Last game: May 24, 1888 # of games: 5 | Signed May 15, 1888 per the St. Paul Globe from the Chicago City League. Hurt leg in game on May 24, 1888 and returned to Chiacgo. | ||||
| St. Louis Position: 3b First game: June 19, 1888 Last game: June 19, 1888 # of games: 1 | One day fill-in for St. Louis on June 19, 1888. | ||||
| Chicago Position: 3b-of First game: July 12, 1888 Last game: October 7, 1888 # of games: 14 | Signed by Chicago July 11, 1888 after Long and Lange were sold, per the Chicago Tribune. Played with the Maroons on and off for the rest of the season. | ||||
On June 19th, as the Whites were finishing up their long road trip, Gallagher played third base for the club in Chicago. It may have been an audition for a contract, or it may just have been to fill in, as the team was desperately short of players by then. He went 1-3 (some accounts credit his hit as a double), but when they club left for St. Louis at the end of the game, he didn't go with them. At the end of June of 1888, he was back playing with the Whittings. By mid July, he had signed to play with the Chicago Maroons, his third club of the season in the Western Association. He played with the Maroons in several stints through the end of the season.
After the 1888 season, Gallagher continued playing baseball in the Chicago area. An article in the Chicago Inter-Ocean from June of 1891 refers to him as "Old Timer", while an article in the Dixon Evening Telegraph in July of 1896 describes him as "so well known in base ball circles." In November of that year, he was elected to the Illinois legislature representing the 19th Ward. An indication of how respected he was in the Chicago baseball scene is that the Chicago Colts 'turned out in full force' at a reception held for him in March of 1898.
In February of 1904, the organizers of the Amateur Managers Baseball league in Chicago held a banquet. The headliners were Charles Comiskey, James Callahan (manager of the White Sox at the time), Clark Griffith, Cap Anson and Pete Gallagher. Three future Hall of Famers and Gallagher!
Peter Gallagher died May 20, 1917 in Chicago. His obituary gives his name as Peter Galligan. As far as I can tell, he played baseball as Gallagher, but his given name was Galligan, which name he used as a politician.
| Date | Pos | AB | R | BH | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | PO | A | E | BB | HPB | K |
| 5-17-1888 | 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 5-19-1888 | 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 5-20-1888 | 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 5-22-1888 | 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 5-24-1888 | 3b | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 Games | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Batting stats for St. Louis
| Date | Pos | AB | R | BH | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | PO | A | E | BB | HPB | K |
| 6-19-1888 | 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1 Games | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Batting stats for Chicago
| Date | Pos | AB | R | BH | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | PO | A | E | BB | HPB | K |
| 7-12-1888 | 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7-13-1888 | 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 7-14-1888 | 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 7-15-1888 | 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 7-15-1888 | 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 7-16-1888 | 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 7-17-1888 | 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 7-18-1888 | 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 7-19-1888 | 3b & cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 7-28-1888 | 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10-4-1888 | 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 10-5-1888 | 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 10-7-1888 | rf & ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 10-7-1888 | rf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 14 Games | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |