Joe Gallagher (baseball)

Joe Gallagher

Left fielder

Born: March 7, 1914
Buffalo, New York

Died: February 25, 1998 (aged 83)
Houston, Texas

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 20, 1939, for the New York Yankees

Last MLB appearance

September 29, 1940, for the Brooklyn Dodgers

MLB statistics

Batting average

.273

Home runs

RBI

Teams

New York Yankees (1939)
St. Louis Browns (1939–1940)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1940)

Joseph Emmett Gallagher (March 7, 1914 – February 25, 1998), nicknamed "Muscles", was an American left and right fielder in Major League Baseball during the 1939 and 1940 baseball seasons.

Born in Buffalo, New York, he attended and played ball for the same high school as Warren Spahn, South Park High School in South Buffalo. He was one of the "Four Joes" of the 1939 New York Yankees, along with Joe DiMaggio, Joe McCarthy, and Joe Gordon. His career ended after missing the entire 1941–1945 seasons due to military service. He later coached collegiately, for both the Stephen F. Austin and Rice baseball teams.^[1] He died at age 83 in Houston, Texas.

References

↑ "BR Bullpen". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Rice Owls head baseball coaches

Phillip Arbuckle (1912–1917)
Jack Coombs (1918)
Pete Cawthon (1920–1921)
Bob Countryman (1922–1923)
Mike O'Neill (1924)
Joe Bedenk (1925–1926)
Dickey Kerr (1927)
Dickey Kerr & Charlie Schwartz (1928)
Gene Bailey (1929)
Danny Allnoch (1930)
John Nemic (1931–1932)
Cecil Grigg (1936–1944)
Jess Neely (1945)
Cecil Grigg (1946–1947)
Jess Neely (1948)
Harold Stockbridge (1949–1952)
Dell Morgan (1953–1961)
Joe Gallagher (1962)
Doug Osburn (1963–1980)
David Hall (1981–1991)
Wayne Graham (1992– )

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