Cam Gallagher
| Cam Gallagher | |||||||||||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Gallagher with the Royals in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Kansas City Royals – No. 36 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: December 6, 1992 Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| August 6, 2017, for the Kansas City Royals | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through August 6, 2020) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .227 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 24 | ||||||||||||||
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Cameron Joseph Gallagher (born December 6, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Professional career
Gallagher was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the second round of the 2011 MLB draft out of Manheim Township High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[1][2] The Royals added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.[3]
The Royals promoted Gallagher to the 25-man roster to replace the injured Salvador Pérez on August 6, 2017. He made his MLB debut the same day in the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners, collecting his first MLB hit.[4] He hit his first MLB home run on August 14, 2017 against the Oakland Athletics, a grand slam.[5]
On July 11, 2020, it was announced that Gallagher had tested positive for COVID-19.
References
- ^ "Cameron Gallagher and the Royals are excited about his Draft choice". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ Writer, PAULA WOLF | Staff. "Cam Gallagher finds success at the plate with Royals organization". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Royals add four players to 40-man roster". kansascity.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Junis, Royals beat Mariners 9-1 for doubleheader split". Retrieved August 13, 2017.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Cam Gallagher at Baseball Almanac
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- Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
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- Gulf Coast Royals players
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- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
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