Cam Gallagher
Cameron Joseph Gallagher (born December 6, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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![]() Gallagher with the Royals in 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Kansas City Royals – No. 36 | ||||||||||||||
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Born: Lancaster, Pennsylvania | December 6, 1992||||||||||||||
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MLB debut | ||||||||||||||
August 6, 2017, for the Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||||||
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Batting average | .227 | |||||||||||||
Home runs | 5 | |||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 24 | |||||||||||||
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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.
- "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.
- "Gallagher's grand slam". Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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