Tom Gunning
Appearance
Tom Gunning | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Newmarket, New Hampshire | March 4, 1862|
Died: March 17, 1931 Fall River, Massachusetts | (aged 69)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 26, 1884, for the Boston Beaneaters | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 18, 1889, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .205 |
Home runs | 2 |
Runs batted in | 46 |
Teams | |
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Thomas Francis Gunning (March 4, 1862 – March 17, 1931) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from 1884 until 1889, for the Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Quakers and Philadelphia Athletics.
Gunning was used mainly as a reserve catcher, never playing in more than 48 games in a season. He played that many in 1885 for the Beaneaters, which was more than any other catchers for Boston that year. In his last two seasons, he served as backup to Wilbert Robinson, who went on to a Hall of Fame career as a manager.
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Boston Beaneaters players
- Philadelphia Quakers players
- Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players
- Boston Reserves players
- Baseball players from New Hampshire
- People from Newmarket, New Hampshire
- 1862 births
- 1931 deaths
- Springfield, Illinois (minor league baseball) players
- Hartford (minor league baseball) players
- 19th-century baseball players
- American baseball catcher, 1860s birth stubs