# Doug Gallagher

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1940–2017)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Doug Gallagher
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=Doug Gallagher.JPG
|birth_date={{Birth date|1940|2|21}}
|birth_place=[Fremont, Ohio](/source/Fremont%2C_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](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=0–4
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=4.68
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=14
|teams=
*[Detroit Tigers](/source/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](/source/baseball) player and left-handed [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who appeared in nine [games](/source/games_pitched) for the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) in {{mlby|1962}}. Born in [Fremont, Ohio](/source/Fremont%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Erie_Sailors) of the [New York-Pennsylvania League](/source/New_York-Pennsylvania_League).<ref name=minors/> He threw a [no-hitter](/source/no-hitter) for the [Double-A](/source/Double-A_(baseball)) [Birmingham Barons](/source/Birmingham_Barons) in the 1961 [Southern Association](/source/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](/source/Major_League_Baseball) debut as a relief pitcher on April 9, 1962, [opening day](/source/Opening_Day), against the [Washington Senators](/source/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)), a game attended by [President John F. Kennedy](/source/President_John_F._Kennedy).<ref name=obit/> He pitched 1<small>{{fraction|1|3}}</small> [innings](/source/inning_(baseball)) of [relief](/source/relief_pitcher) in the game, allowing two [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and [striking out](/source/strikeout) [Bennie Daniels](/source/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](/source/starting_pitcher), and finished with an 0–4 [record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) and 4.68 [ERA](/source/earned_run_average) in 25 full [innings pitched](/source/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](/source/bases_on_balls), and was credited with 14 strikeouts.

One highlight of Gallagher's [MLB](/source/MLB) career came on April 27, 1962, when he pitched the final three innings against the [Los Angeles Angels](/source/Los_Angeles_Angels) to preserve a 13–4 Tigers' victory for future [Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame)r [Jim Bunning](/source/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](/source/spring_training), where the Tigers wanted him to work on his [curveball](/source/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](/source/Detroit_Free_Press)|date=February 13, 1963|page=25|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{open access}}</ref>

After his playing career, he served in the [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) during the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).<ref name=obit/> In later life, he coached [American Legion Baseball](/source/American_Legion_Baseball).<ref name=obit/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|mlb=114534|br=g/gallado01|brm=gallag001dou}}

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Category:Montgomery Rebels players
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Category:Reading Indians players
Category:Syracuse Chiefs players
Category:United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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