Herb Gorman

Herbert Allen Gorman (December 19, 1924 — April 5, 1953) was an American professional baseball player. He had only one Major League at bat one in one game played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1952. He is noteworthy because of the circumstances of his death, at age 28, when he was stricken with a fatal heart attack while he was playing a minor league game.

Gorman threw and batted left-handed; he stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). His minor league career spanned eleven seasons, from 1943 until 1953. He began his career as a first baseman, eventually moving to the outfield in 1949. He was playing left field for the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League at the time of his death from a massive heart attack on April 5, 1953. According to accounts of Gorman's last game, he had hit two doubles in the game and left the contest when he complained of chest pain during the sixth inning.^[1]

In Gorman's one MLB at bat, on April 19, 1952, at Wrigley Field, he pinch hit for Cardinals' pitcher Willard Schmidt, and grounded out to second base against Cubs' starter Turk Lown.^[2]

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External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Baseball Almanac page