James Andrew Gallagher (born September 3, 1985) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder in minor league baseball organization of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to beginning his professional career, he played college baseball at

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

. Gallagher has also competed for the United States national baseball team.

Career

Gallagher attended Peters Township High School in McMurray, Pennsylvania and

, where he played college baseball for the Duke Blue Devils baseball team in the

Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...

of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. Gallagher was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the seventh round of the

2007 MLB draft The 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players and was held on June 7, 2007 and June 8, 2007. The first day session of the draft included the fi ...

. The White Sox invited him to

spring training Spring training is the preseason in Major League Baseball (MLB), a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for Schedule (workplace), roster and position spo ...

in 2012. Gallagher played for the United States national baseball team in the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

, winning the silver medal.

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1985 births Living people Baseball first basemen Baseball outfielders Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Baseball players from Pittsburgh Birmingham Barons players Charlotte Knights players Duke Blue Devils baseball players Great Falls White Sox players Kannapolis Intimidators players Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in baseball United States national baseball team players Winston-Salem Dash players Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{US-baseball-outfielder-1980s-stub