Born:(1928-05-19)May 19, 1928 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died: November 28, 2010(2010-11-28) (aged 82) Wall Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1951, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1960, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Batting average
.276
Home runs
112
Runs batted in
576
Teams
New York Yankees (1951–1960)
Career highlights and awards
6× All-Star (1952, 1956–1959²)
5× World Series champion (1951–1953, 1956, 1958)
AL Rookie of the Year (1951)
Gilbert James McDougald (May 19, 1928 – November 28, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for the New York Yankees from 1951 through 1960.
McDougald was the 1951 American League (AL) Rookie of the Year. He was an All-Star for five seasons, and was a member of eight American League pennant-winning teams and five World Series champion teams. He was known for hitting a line drive that severely injured pitcher Herb Score's right eye during a game at Municipal Stadium in 1957.
Stadium in Cleveland, Score threw a low fastball to GilMcDougald with Jim Hegan catching. McDougald lined the pitch to the mound and struck Score in the...
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lead to 6–3. In the eighth , after a single and error by third baseman GilMcDougald put runners on second and third with one out, Zimmer's sacrifice fly...
Reynolds. The Yankees cut the Giants' lead to 2–1 in the second when GilMcDougald doubled with one out off Dave Koslo and scored on Jerry Coleman's single...
his first All-Star Game that year. He lost starts at second base to GilMcDougald later in the year, though, and was mostly a reserve player in 1958....
a leadoff single to Hank Bauer. Eddie Mathews fielded a grounder by GilMcDougald but threw wide to the first, putting runners on second and third. Mickey...
attempting to pick Mantle off at second base. After a sacrifice fly by GilMcDougald and a single by first baseman Harry Simpson, manager Fred Haney pulled...
run in the second off of Allie Reynolds put the Dodgers up 1–0, but GilMcDougald tied the game with a lead off home run of his own in the third. Duke...
same game. The Yankees struck first in the fifth on an RBI single by GilMcDougald with runners on second and third, but the Dodgers tied it in the bottom...
1949, they were affiliated with the New York Yankees. They played their home games at Royal Athletic Park. GilMcDougald played for them. BR Page v t e...
DeMaestri 25 Kent Hadley 6 Deron Johnson 10 Tony Kubek 25 Dale Long 12 GilMcDougald 1 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron Outfielders 17 Bob Cerv 44 Ken Hunt...
sacrificed over to second by Turley, and scored on a single by Tony Kubek. GilMcDougald then doubled, plating Kubek all the way from first base. Turley aided...
occasional babysitter for the children of Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and GilMcDougald, all players for the New York Yankees. Mickey and Merlyn Mantle had...
shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who relayed to first baseman Gil Hodges to double up a surprised GilMcDougald to preserve the Dodger lead. Hank Bauer grounded out...
from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009. "GilMcDougald Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original...
baseman, and was the first Latin American in professional baseball. GilMcDougald, who played for the New York Yankees, was a coach on the team. Announcer...
Yankees fielders had to record three more lineouts, and shortstop GilMcDougald had to make a play on a ball that caromed off third baseman Andy Carey’s...
Series. Mathews made the final putout of the Series, a forceout of GilMcDougald on Moose Skowron's hard-hit grounder. Mathews was regarded as one of...
using the strategy. Stengel platooned Bobby Brown, Billy Johnson, and GilMcDougald at third base, Joe Collins and Moose Skowron at first base, and Hank...
singled and scored an insurance run. While on the field, he doubled GilMcDougald off first base after Sandy Amorós made a sensational catch of a Yogi...
636 — Won World Series vs. New York Giants, 4–2 † Yogi Berra (MVP) GilMcDougald (ROY) 1952 † 1952 AL * — 1st 95 59 .617 — Won World Series vs. Brooklyn...
and rejoined the Yankees, but was used sparingly, Rookie of the Year GilMcDougald absorbing what playing time at second base was not used by Coleman....
year's, as the Yankees won in six games, with Mantle, Martin, Berra and GilMcDougald—players developed under Stengel—taking the fore. The Yankees and Stengel...