{{Short description|American baseball player (1954–2010)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Joe Gates |position=Second baseman |image=Joe Gates Baseball.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1954|10|3}} |birth_place=Gary, Indiana, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|2010|3|28|1954|10|3}} |death_place=Gary, Indiana, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 12 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1978}} |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 24 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1979}} |finalteam=Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.175 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=2 |teams= *Chicago White Sox (1978–79) }} '''Joseph Daniel Gates''' (October 3, 1954 – March 28, 2010) was an American professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox.
His only extra base hit was a triple on May 13, 1979, against the Kansas City Royals. He had come on as a pinch hitter for Don Kessinger and stayed in the game and played second base. The pitcher for the Royals was Eduardo Rodriguez. The hit drove in Greg Pryor in the bottom of the 9th. The final score of the game was Royals 14, White Sox 5.
After his major league career, he entered the coaching ranks. He was the bench coach of the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the Northern League at the time of his death at age 55.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railcatsbaseball.com/clubhouse/coachingstaff/21/41/ |title=Clubhouse - Coaching Staff - Gary South Shore RailCats Official Site |website=www.railcatsbaseball.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728104600/http://www.railcatsbaseball.com/clubhouse/coachingstaff/21/41/ |archive-date=2011-07-28}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3981890 RailCats Mourn Passing Of Longtime Coach Joe Gates]</ref>
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==Sources== {{Baseballstats|br=g/gatesjo01|brm=gates-001jos}} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgatej101.htm Retrosheet]
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