Frank Gilhooley
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Frank Patrick Gilhooley [Flash] (June 10, 1892 - July 11, 1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mostly as a right fielder from 1911 through 1919 for the St. Louis Cardinals (1911-12), New York Yankees (1913-18) and Boston Red Sox (1919). Listed at 5' 8", 155 lb., Gilhooley batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.
In a nine-season career, Gilhooley was a .271 hitter (289-for-1068) with two home runs and 58 RBI in 312 games, including 142 runs, 30 doubles 10 triples, 37 stolen bases, and a .357 on-base percentage. His most productive season came with the 1918 Yankees, when he appeared in a career-high 112 games while hitting .276 with 23 RBI, 59 runs and 19 extrabases, also career-numbers.
As an oufielder, Gilhooley played 285 games at right field (236), left (30) and center (19), recording a collective .957 fielding percentage.
Gilhooley died in his homeland of Toledo, Ohio, at age 77.
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- At age nineteen, he was the second youngest played to debut in the National League in 1919.
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