:Marty Callaghan

{{Short description|American baseball player (1900–1975)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Marty Callaghan

|position=Outfielder

|image= 1927 Zeenut Marty Callaghan.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1900|06|09}}

|birth_place=Norwood, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1975|06|23|1900|06|09}}

|death_place=Norfolk, Massachusetts, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 13

|debutyear=1922

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1930

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.267

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=205

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=74

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1922}}–{{baseball year|1923}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1928}}, {{baseball year|1930}})

}}

Martin Francis Callaghan (June 9, 1900 – June 23, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. He played for the Chicago Cubs from 1922 to 1923 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1928 and 1930.

A 1916 graduate of Norwood High School, Callaghan was highly celebrated in his hometown of Norwood, Massachusetts. A "Marty Callaghan Day" was once held, which attracted many spectators and the Norwood Brass Band.{{cite book|last=Fanning|first=Patricia J.|title=Norwood: A History|year=2002|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0738524042|pages=134|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vsdw_GzYMpYC&q=marty+callaghan+baseball&pg=PA134}}

In addition to his 4 major league seasons, Callaghan played 11 seasons in the minor leagues, playing until 1934.{{cite web|title=Marty Callaghan Minor League Statistics & History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=callag001mar|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=22 June 2012}} Callaghan has the distinction of being one of few players in major league history that have batted three times in one inning, a feat that Callaghan accomplished on August 25, 1922. He had two singles and a strikeout during the fourth inning of a 26-23 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies{{cite news|title=Baseball Digest, August 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCsDAAAAMBAJ&q=marty+callaghan+baseball&pg=PA8|access-date=22 June 2012|newspaper=Baseball Digest|date=August 1996}}{{cite news|last=Vass|first=George|title=Baseball Digest, May 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FysDAAAAMBAJ&q=marty+callaghan+baseball&pg=PA26|access-date=22 June 2012|newspaper=Baseball Digest|date=May 2001}}