Francis Patrick "Frank" Gilhooley Sr. (June 10, 1892 – July 11, 1959) was an
outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...
in
Major League Baseball
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, playing mostly as a
right fielder
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from through for the
St. Louis Cardinals
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(1911–12),
New York Yankees
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(1913–18) and
Boston Red Sox
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(1919). Listed at , 155 lb., Gilhooley batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Early life
He was born in
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
, and attended
Central Catholic High School there.
Professional career
In a nine-season career, Gilhooley was a .271 hitter (289-for-1068) with two
home run
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s and 58
RBI in 312 games, including 142
runs, 30
doubles 10
triple
Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble":
Sports
* Triple (baseball), a three-base hit
* A basketball three-point field goal
* A figure skating jump with three rotations
* In bowling terms, three strikes in a row
* ...
s, 37
stolen base
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s, and a .357
on-base percentage
In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP) measures how frequently a batter reaches base. An official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic since 1984, it is sometimes referred to as on-base average (OBA), as it is rarely presented as a ...
. His most productive season came with the 1918 Yankees, when he appeared in a career-high 112 games while hitting .276 with 23 RBI, 59 runs and 19
extrabases, also career-numbers.
As an outfielder, Gilhooley played 285 games at right field (236),
left
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Music
* ''Left'' (Hope of the States album), 2006
* ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016
* "Left", a song by Nickelback from the album ''Curb'', 1996
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* Left (direction), the relative direction opposite of right
* L ...
(30) and
center
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Mathematics
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* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...
(19), recording a collective .957
fielding percentage
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.
He was later the player-manager of the
Jersey City Skeeters
The Jersey City Skeeters were a minor league baseball team which operated in Jersey City, New Jersey. The club started in the 1860s and by 1870 joined the National Association of Base Ball Players.
By 1885, Jersey City had joined the Eastern Le ...
in the
International League
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in 1928 and 1929.
Personal life
He married Mae Casey in 1917, and had 3 children, Mary Irene, Mary Frances and
Frank Jr. Frank Jr. announced for the
Toledo Mud Hens
The Toledo Mud Hens are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. They are located in Toledo, Ohio, and play their home games at Fifth Third Field. A Mud Hens team has played in ...
and was also the sports director at
WTVG-TV
WTVG (channel 13) is a television station in Toledo, Ohio, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC and The CW. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Dorr Street (Ohio State Route 246, SR 246) in Tol ...
, Channel 13, until 1986.
Gilhooley died in his homeland of
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
, at age 67.
References
External links
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1892 births
1959 deaths
Adrian Yeggs players
Baseball players from Ohio
Baseball player-managers
Boston Red Sox players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Erie Sailors players
Jersey City Skeeters players
Major League Baseball right fielders
Minor league baseball managers
Montreal Royals players
New York Yankees players
Reading Aces players
Reading Keystones players
Rochester Tribe players
Saginaw Wa-was players
Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio
St. John's Red Storm baseball players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players