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Jim Fogarty
American baseball player (1864–1891) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James G. Fogarty (February 12, 1864 – May 20, 1891) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1890 for the Philadelphia Quakers and Philadelphia Athletics.[1] He led the National League in stolen bases in 1889.[2] He was signed by the Quakers based on a recommendation by Jerry Denny to Quakers manager Harry Wright.[3]
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Jim Fogarty | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: (1864-02-12)February 12, 1864 San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
Died: May 20, 1891(1891-05-20) (aged 27) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 1, 1884, for the Philadelphia Quakers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 1890, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .246 |
Home runs | 20 |
Runs batted in | 320 |
Stolen bases | 325 |
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Fogarty was known to win money from teammates playing poker.[4]
An alumnus of Saint Mary's College of California, Fogarty died of tuberculosis at the age of 27[5] in Philadelphia.