:John Galvin (baseball)
{{Short description|American baseball player (1842–1904)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=John Galvin
|position=Second Baseman
|image=John Galvin.jpg
|bats=Unknown
|throws=Unknown
|birth_date={{Birth-date|August 1842}}
|birth_place= New York City, United States
|death_date={{death date and age|1904|4|20|1842|8}}
|death_place=Brooklyn, New York
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= May 7
|debutyear= 1872
|debutteam= Brooklyn Atlantics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate= May 7
|finalyear= 1872
|finalteam= Brooklyn Atlantics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.000
|stat2label=Runs scored
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=RBIs
|stat3value=0
|teams=
; National Association of Base Ball Players
- Exercise of Brooklyn (1861)
- Brooklyn Atlantics (1863–1867)
- New York Mutuals (1868)
; National Association of Professional BBP
- Brooklyn Atlantics ({{Baseball year|1872}})
}}
John A. Galvin (August 1842 – April 20, 1904) was an American baseball player who played one professional game for the Brooklyn Atlantics of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP) in {{Baseball year|1872}}.
Baseball career
Galvin began playing baseball in 1861, as a member of Exercise of Brooklyn.{{cite book |last1=Nemec |first1=David |author1-link=David Nemec |title=The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball: Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and Umpires |date=3 April 2012 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0-7864-6890-4 |page=156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5FUIAwAAQBAJ |access-date=8 January 2025 |language=en |df=mdy-all}} He joined the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1863,{{cite book |last1=Batesel |first1=Paul |title=Players and Teams of the National Association, 1871-1875 |date=6 October 2012 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0-7864-9076-9 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FXR31rzwqMC |access-date=8 January 2025 |language=en |df=mdy-all}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Peter |editor2-last=William J. |editor2-first=Ryczek |editor3-last=Jan |editor3-first=Finkel |editor4-last=Levin |editor4-first=Leonard |editor5-last=Malatzky |editor5-first=Richard |editor1-link=Peter Morris (writer) |title=Base Ball Founders: The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast That Established the Game |date=15 July 2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7430-1 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6b6G765CzTsC |access-date=8 January 2025 |language=en |df=mdy-all}} where, as the second baseman, he formed part of an infield which also included future professionals Dickey Pearce and Joe Start. In {{by|1868}}, Galvin played for the New York Mutuals.
According to a 1900 New York Clipper article, Galvin was among the first hitters to lay down a bunt.
=Professional game=
Galvin returned to baseball to play a single game with the 1872 Brooklyn Atlantics. In the contest, a 23–3 loss to the Boston Red Stockings, he had no hits in four at bats and made four errors in five fielding chances.
Personal life
Galvin joined the 51st New York Infantry Regiment in September of 1861, but was discharged the next month. Later in life, he worked for the city works department as a sewer inspector, and he was listed as the keeper of a truants home in the 1880 United States Census.
Galvin died in Brooklyn on April 20, 1904, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn.
References
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External links
- {{Baseballstats|br=g/galvijo01|fangraphs=1004467|retro=G/Pgalvj101}}
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Category:Major League Baseball second basemen
Category:Brooklyn Atlantics (NABBP) players
Category:New York Mutuals (NABBP) players
Category:Brooklyn Atlantics players
Category:Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn
Category:Baseball players from New York City
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