Baseball player
| Bob Gallagher | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: (1948-07-07) July 7, 1948 (age 76) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
| Batted: LeftThrew: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 17, 1972, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 26, 1975, for the New York Mets | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .220 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 13 |
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Robert Collins Gallagher (born July 7, 1948) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1972 through 1975 for the Boston Red Sox (1972), Houston Astros (1973–74) and New York Mets (1975). Listed at 6' 3", 185 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. His grandfather, Shano Collins, was a Major League outfielder/manager and a player in the 1917 and 1919 World Series.
Gallagher attended Bellarmine College Preparatory before attending Stanford University and being selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1968 June Amateur Baseball draft.
In a four-season career, Gallagher was a .220 hitter (56-for-255) with two home runs and 13 runs batted in in 213 games played, including 34 runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
He had been teaching high school social studies for the last 25 years at Santa Cruz High School in Santa Cruz, California. In 2010, he retired from teaching and currently works as a substitute teacher for Santa Cruz High School.
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Baseball-Almanac, or The Ultimate Mets Database
- Bob Gallagher at Society for American Baseball Research
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