{{Short description|American baseball player (1863–1916)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Lou Galvin |position=Pitcher |bats=Unknown |throws=Unknown |birth_date={{birth date|1863|4|23}} |birth_place=St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1916|8|25|1863|4|23}} |death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=October 1 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1884}} |debutteam=St. Paul Saints |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 12 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1884}} |finalteam=St. Paul Saints |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–2 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=2.88 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=17 |teams= * St. Paul Saints ({{Baseball year|1884}}) }} '''James Louis Galvin ''' (April 23, 1863 - August 25, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the St. Paul Saints of the Union Association.
==Career== Galvin played with the St. Paul Red Caps in 1883.<ref name="Foster's Finesse.">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93897637/fosters-finesse/|title=Foster's Finesse.|page=5|work=The St. Paul Globe|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 26, 1883 |accessdate=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref name="St. Paul Wins A Game">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93897345/st-paul-wins-a-game/|title=St. Paul Wins A Game|page=4|work=The St. Paul Globe|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 12, 1884 |accessdate=January 31, 2022}}</ref> By 1884, he joined the St. Paul Saints of the Northwestern League, and appeared in nine games as a pitcher and 22 games as an outfielder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=76958837|title=1884 St. Paul Apostles|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
When St. Paul joined the Union Association in late September,<ref name="The Closing Season">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93896115/the-closing-season/|title=The Closing Season|page=3|work=The Philadelphia Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 29, 1884 |accessdate=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Galvin remained with the club and appeared in three games from October 1 to October 12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/galvilo01.shtml|title=Lou Galvin at Baseball-Reference|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> ''The Kansas City Star'' described him as "one of the swiftest pitchers in the country" at the time.<ref name="St. Paul Club">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93857124/st-paul-club/|title=St. Paul Club|page=1|work=The Kansas City Star|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 7, 1884 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
In 1885, Galvin played for Springfield in the Interstate League, Omaha Omahogs and Keokuk Hawkeyes of the Western League and Haverhill and Lawrence of the Eastern New England League. In his last professional season of 1886, he played for the Oswego club of the International League,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=76958837|title=Lou Galvin independent league stats at Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> and the Meriden, Connecticut club.<ref name="Small Talk">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94057885/small-talk/|title=Small Talk|page=1|work=The St. Paul Globe|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 7, 1886 |accessdate=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
In October 1886, he accepted a job at a boot and shoe establishment in Haverhill.<ref name="Sporting News">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94057885/small-talk/|title=Sporting News|page=1|work=The St. Paul Globe|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 8, 1886 |accessdate=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Galvin's father, Henry, worked as a police officer in St. Paul, Minnesota for 30 years. Galvin himself later became a patrolman.<ref name="Police Veteran on Verge of Grave">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93898861/police-veteran-on-verge-of-grave/|title=Police Veteran on Verge of Grave|page=3|work=The St. Paul Globe|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 26, 1903|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
Galvin was not related to future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Pud Galvin, who at the time was pitching for the Buffalo Bisons.<ref name="Base Ball Yesterday">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93856076/base-ball-yesterday/|title=Base Ball Yesterday|page=5|work=The St. Paul Globe|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 7, 1884 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> Some newspaper accounts in October 1884 initially identified the two as brothers.<ref name="Balls and Strikes">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93855959/balls-and-strikes/|title=Balls and Strikes|page=5|work=The Boston Globe|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 7, 1884 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|9}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=g/galvilo01|brm=galvin001lou}}
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