Gil McDougald

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Gil McDougald

Infielder

Born: May 19 1928 (1928-05-19) (age 81)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1951 for the New York Yankees
Final game
October 2, 1960 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Batting average	.276
Hits	1291
Runs scored	697
Teams
New York Yankees (1951-1960)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (AL): 1952, 1956-1959 Rookie of the Year Award (AL): 1951 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (MLB): 1958 Finished 5th in American League MVP voting in 1957 Led the league in triples (9) in 1957

Gilbert James McDougald (born May 19, 1928) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played ten seasons with the New York Yankees, going to the World Series in eight of those seasons.

He was born in San Francisco, California.

He played his first major league game on April 20, 1951. On May 6 of that year, he tied a major league record by batting in 6 runs in one inning. Later in the year, in the World Series, he became the first rookie to hit a grand slam home run in the Series. He narrowly beat out Minnie Miñoso in the voting for the 1951 American League Rookie of the Year. His entire major league career was spent on the New York Yankees, wearing uniform number 12. He was a versatile player, playing all the infield positions except first base: 599 games at second base, 508 games at third, and 284 at shortstop. He played in five All-Star Games: in 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, and 1959.

On May 7, 1957, McDougald, batting against Herb Score of the Cleveland Indians, hit a line drive that hit Score in the eye. It caused Score to miss the rest of the 1957 and much of the 1958 season, and Score was never again the outstanding pitcher he had been up to that event. McDougald reportedly vowed at the time of the incident to retire if Score was blinded.

In 1958, McDougald was given the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, which is awarded annually by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity (to which Gehrig belonged) at Columbia University.

In 1961 he was selected by the Washington Senators in the expansion draft. Rather than play for that team, he retired.

Gilbert now lives in Wall Township, New Jersey.

[edit] Trivia

McDougald led all American League infielders in double plays at three different positions - at third base (1952), at second base (1955) and shortstop (1957). He was the double play leader at shortstop despite sharing time at the position with rookie Tony Kubek.

McDougald is a former baseball coach at Fordham University.

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Baseball Almanac
Baseball Library

Preceded by Walt Dropo	American League Rookie of the Year 1951	Succeeded by Harry Byrd
Preceded by Stan Musial	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award 1958	Succeeded by Gil Hodges

v • d • e New York Yankees 1951 World Series roster
1 Billy Martin \| 5 Joe DiMaggio \| 7 Mickey Mantle \| 8 Yogi Berra \| 9 Bobby Brown \| 10 Phil Rizzuto \| 11 Johnny Sain \| 12 Gil McDougald \| 14 Gene Woodling \| 17 Vic Raschi \| 21 Bob Kuzava \| 22 Allie Reynolds \| 25 Hank Bauer \| 30 Ed Lopat \| 35 Joe Ostrowski \| 36 Johnny Mize \| 38 Johnny Hopp \| 40 Bobby Hogue \| 41 Joe Collins \| 42 Jerry Coleman \| 52 Tom Morgan Manager 37 Casey Stengel

v • d • e New York Yankees 1952 World Series roster
1 Billy Martin \| 7 Mickey Mantle \| 8 Yogi Berra \| 9 Hank Bauer \| 10 Phil Rizzuto \| 11 Johnny Sain \| 12 Gil McDougald \| 14 Gene Woodling \| 17 Vic Raschi \| 18 Ray Scarborough \| 21 Bob Kuzava \| 22 Allie Reynolds \| 24 Tom Gorman \| 25 Irv Noren \| 30 Ed Lopat \| 32 Ralph Houk \| 36 Johnny Mize \| 40 Ewell Blackwell \| 41 Joe Collins Manager 37 Casey Stengel

v • d • e New York Yankees 1953 World Series roster
1 Billy Martin \| 7 Mickey Mantle \| 8 Yogi Berra \| 9 Hank Bauer \| 10 Phil Rizzuto \| 11 Johnny Sain \| 12 Gil McDougald \| 14 Gene Woodling \| 15 Joe Collins \| 16 Whitey Ford \| 17 Vic Raschi \| 18 Jim McDonald \| 21 Bob Kuzava \| 22 Allie Reynolds \| 24 Tom Gorman \| 25 Irv Noren \| 30 Ed Lopat \| 36 Johnny Mize \| 38 Art Schallock \| 45 Don Bollweg Manager 37 Casey Stengel