Pat Friel

{{Short description|American baseball player (1860–1924)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Pat Friel |image= |caption= |position=Outfielder |bats=Both |throws=Unknown |birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1860|6|11}} |birth_place=Lewisburg, Virginia, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1924|1|15|1860|6|11}} |death_place=Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 13 |debutyear=1890 |debutteam=Syracuse Stars |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 9 |finalyear=1891 |finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games played |stat1value=64 |stat2label=Runs scored |stat2value=53 |stat3label=Batting average |stat3value=.249 |teams= * Syracuse Stars ({{baseball year|1890}}) * Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1891}}) |highlights= }} '''Patrick Henry Friel''' (June 11, 1860 – January 15, 1924) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from {{mlby|1890}} to {{mlby|1891}}

Friel was born in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and his brother Bill Friel was also a professional baseball player.<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pfriep102.htm|title=Pat Friel|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=2 February 2010}}</ref> He began his minor league baseball career in 1883, and continued through the end of the 1896 season.<ref name="minors">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=friel-001pat|title=Pat Friel|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2 February 2010}}</ref> During that timespan, he played for the notable minor league team, London Tecumsehs and two Major League Baseball teams, the Syracuse Stars in {{baseball year|1890}}, and the Philadelphia Athletics in {{baseball year|1891}}.<ref name="retrosheet"/><ref name="minors"/> Friel died at the age of 63 in Providence, Rhode Island, and is interred at St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.<ref name="retrosheet"/>

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