:Gary Fortune

{{Short description|American baseball player (1894–1955)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Gary Fortune

|position=Pitcher

|image=Gary Fortune.jpg

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|10|11|mf=y}}

|birth_place=High Point, North Carolina, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1955|9|23|1894|10|11}}

|death_place=Washington, D.C., U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 5

|debutyear=1916

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 2

|finalyear=1920

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–5

|stat2label=Strikeouts

|stat2value=23

|stat3label=Earned run average

|stat3value=6.61

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{by|1916}}, {{by|1918}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{by|1920}})

}}

Garrett Reese Fortune (October 11, 1894 – September 23, 1955) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between {{By|1916}} and {{By|1920}} for the Philadelphia Phillies (1916, 1918) and Boston Red Sox (1920). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=11.5}}, {{convert|176|lb}}, Fortune was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed. He was born in High Point, North Carolina.

In a three-season career, Fortune posted a 0–5 record with 23 strikeouts and a 6.61 ERA in 20 appearances, including six starts, two complete games, 11 games finished, 46 walks, and 77.2 innings of work.

Fortune died in Washington, D.C., in 1955, at age 60.