Born: January 20, 1860Died:
MLB Debut: September,4, 1886
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Born: January 20, 1860
Died:
MLB Debut: September,4, 1886
Goto Baseball-Reference.com for Pete Galligan
Peter Gallagher was a semi-pro player with one of the top teams in Chicago, the Whitings, in 1886 and 1887. He appeared in one game for the Washington Nationals against Chicago on September 4, 1886, when Jack Farrell, the Washington second baseman, was too sick to play. That might have been his introduction to Cap Anson and the Colts (if he didn't know them already), because he either had a tryout with the Chicago club in the spring of 1888, or at least trained with them, down at Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was signed by the Minnesota club in the Western Association on May 15, 1888, but got hurt during the game on May 25 and returned to Chicago. A report in the St. Paul Globe on June 6 indicates he was "confined to his bed in Chicago." By the middle of June, he was healthy and playing again, as he appeared in a game for the Chicago Kents, along with Fred Tilden, against the Racine college team.
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.
Major League record for Pete Galligan Batting stats Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1886 Was-N SS 26 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals (1 yrs) 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 Stats with the St. Louis WhitesBatting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1888 STW 3B 28 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.333 0.5 0.333