Cam Gallagher
| Cam Gallagher | ||||||||||||||
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 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 2021 season) | ||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .243 | |||||||||||||
| Home runs | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 34 | |||||||||||||
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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]
In 2018, Gallagher batted .206/.250/.302 for the Royals with 1 home run and 7 RBI in 63 at-bats. Gallagher played in 45 contests in 2019, slashing .238/.312/.365 with career-highs in home runs (3) and RBI (12).[6]
On July 11, 2020, it was announced that Gallagher had tested positive for COVID-19.[7] Overall with the 2020 Kansas City Royals, Gallagher batted .283 with one home run and 3 RBIs in 25 games.
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". espn.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Gallagher's grand slam". mlb.com. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ "Cam Gallagher Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ^ "KC's Gallagher positive but asymptomatic".
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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