Gil McDougald Trades and Transactions

The Gil McDougald trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Gil McDougald has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"It's easy to have a good day when you feel good, and easy to have a horseshit day when you feel like horseshit. The question is, when you feel like horseshit, can you still have a good day?" - Gil McDougald in Baseball's Greatest Quotes (Kevin Nelson, Simon & Schuster Publishers, January 1982)

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Gil McDougald

Gil McDougald Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#43)

Gil McDougald Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#43)
 

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Birth Name:   Gilbert James McDougald
Nickname:   Gil or Smash
Born On:   05-19-1928  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Francisco, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-28-2010
Place of Death Data Died In:   Wall Township, New Jersey
Cemetery:   St. Catherine Cemetery, Sea Girt, New Jersey
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-20-1951 (Age 22)
Last Game:   10-02-1960
Draft:   Not Applicable
Gil McDougald

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1948: Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees.


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