Sean Gallagher (baseball)

Sean Gallagher
Cincinnati Reds – No. 64
Pitcher
Born: December 30, 1985 (1985-12-30) Framingham, Massachusetts
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 9, 2007 for the Chicago Cubs
Career statistics (through August 19, 2010)
Win-Loss	10-9
Earned run average	5.54
Strikeouts	156
Teams
Chicago Cubs (2007–2008) Oakland Athletics (2008–2009) San Diego Padres (2009–2010) Pittsburgh Pirates (2010)

Sean Patrick Gallagher (born December 30, 1985, in Framingham, Massachusetts) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball.

Professional career

Chicago Cubs

Gallagher was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. In first pro season he went 1–2 with a 3.12 ERA over 10 games in with the Arizona League Cubs. Gallagher allowed 19 runs, 12 earned, on 38 hits in 34²⁄₃ innings, striking out 44 and walking 11.

In 2005 Gallagher was selected as the Cubs minor league pitcher of the year He played for the Peoria Chiefs and made the Midwest League All-Star Game and was voted by Baseball America as having the best breaking ball in the Midwest League. He went 14–5 with a 2.71 ERA in 26 games for Peoria, allowing 53 runs, 44 earned, on 107 hits over 146 innings. Gallagher struck out 139 and walked 55. He ranked first in the league in wins with 14, third in ERA with a 2.71 clip and fourth in strikeouts with 139. Gallagher also started one game for the Class-A Advanced Daytona Cubs, scattering one earned run on six hits over five innings and striking out seven.

Gallagher split time between the Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx and Class-A Advanced Daytona. He went 7–5 with a 2.71 ERA, 30 runs, 26 earned, on 74 hits over 86¹⁄₃ innings while striking out 91 and walking 55 with West Tenn. He also went 4–0 with a 2.30 ERA, 24 runs, 20 earned, on 75 hits in 78¹⁄₃ innings while striking out 80 and walking 21 with Daytona.

Gallagher made his major league debut on June 9, 2007, against the Atlanta Braves. During the week of April 20 – 27, 2008, Gallagher was named the Pacific Coast League pitcher of the week. The Cubs called him up to take the place of Rich Hill in their starting rotation after Hill struggled early in 2008.

Oakland Athletics

On July 8, 2008, Gallagher was traded from the Chicago Cubs as part of a six-player trade that saw the Cubs acquire Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from the Oakland Athletics. With the A's he went 2–3 with a 5.88 ERA in 11 starts.

He went 1–2 with a 8.16 ERA in 14¹⁄₃ innings pitched in six games, two starts with the A's in 2009.

San Diego Padres

In July 2009, it was announced that he will be sent to the San Diego Padres as the player to be named later in the trade for Scott Hairston. On September 7, he made his Padres debut. He went 2–0 in eight relief appearances for the Padres in '09.

On July 1, 2010, Gallagher was designated for assignment after Matt Stairs and Tim Stauffer were activated from the 15-Day DL.

Pittsburgh Pirates

On July 7, 2010, Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Gallagher from the Padres for cash considerations. After the season, the Pirates outrighted Gallagher off of the 40-man roster to Triple-A, but invited him to 2011 spring training.

Cincinnati Reds

Gallagher signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds on December 9, 2011.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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