{{Short description|American baseball player (1940–2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Doug Gallagher |position=Pitcher |image=Doug Gallagher.JPG |birth_date={{Birth date|1940|2|21}} |birth_place=Fremont, Ohio, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2017|12|17|1940|2|21}} |death_place=Fremont, Ohio, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Left |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 9 |debutyear=1962 |debutteam= Detroit Tigers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 26 |finalyear=1962 |finalteam= Detroit Tigers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–4 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=4.68 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=14 |teams= *Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1962}}) }} '''Douglas Eugene Gallagher '''(February 21, 1940 – December 17, 2017)<ref name=obit>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=douglas-eugene-gallagher&pid=187564931&fhid=8056 Douglas Gallagher Obituary]</ref> was an American professional baseball player and left-handed pitcher who appeared in nine games for the Detroit Tigers in {{mlby|1962}}. Born in Fremont, Ohio, he batted right-handed and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|3|in}} tall and {{convert|195|lb}}.
Gallagher attended Fremont Ross High School before signing with the Tigers' organization in 1958.<ref name=minors/> He made his professional debut with the Class-D Erie Sailors of the New York-Pennsylvania League.<ref name=minors/> He threw a no-hitter for the Double-A Birmingham Barons in the 1961 Southern Association playoffs.<ref name=BA>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gallado01|title=Doug Gallagher Baseball Almanac|accessdate=December 31, 2017}}</ref> Overall he was 15–9 for the Barons that season,<ref name=minors>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gallag001dou|title=Doug Gallagher minor league statistics & history|work=baseball Reference|accessdate=December 31, 2017}}</ref> which led to his getting called up to the Tigers the following season.<ref name=BA/>
Gallagher made his Major League Baseball debut as a relief pitcher on April 9, 1962, opening day, against the Washington Senators, a game attended by President John F. Kennedy.<ref name=obit/> He pitched 1<small>{{fraction|1|3}}</small> innings of relief in the game, allowing two hits and striking out Bennie Daniels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS2/WS2196204090.shtml|title=Detroit Tigers at Washington Senators Box Score, April 9, 1962|work=Baseball Reference|accessdate=December 31, 2017}}</ref> He would pitch in nine total games for the Tigers that season, including making two starts, and finished with an 0–4 record and 4.68 ERA in 25 full innings pitched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gallado01.shtml|title=Doug Gallagher Stats|work=Baseball Reference|accessdate=December 31, 2017}}</ref> He allowed 31 hits and 15 bases on balls, and was credited with 14 strikeouts.
One highlight of Gallagher's MLB career came on April 27, 1962, when he pitched the final three innings against the Los Angeles Angels to preserve a 13–4 Tigers' victory for future Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Bunning and pick up his lone big-league save.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET196204270.shtml|title=Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers Box Score, April 27, 1962}}</ref>
The following year, Gallagher was invited to spring training, where the Tigers wanted him to work on his curveball in an effort to get him back on the MLB roster. However, he ended up not making the varsity, and 1962 became his only year in the majors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16197472/doug_gallagher_of_the_detroit_tigers_in/|title=Rookie Tries Again|first=Joe|last=Falls|work=Detroit Free Press|date=February 13, 1963|page=25|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
After his playing career, he served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War.<ref name=obit/> In later life, he coached American Legion Baseball.<ref name=obit/>
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