Gibby Brack

{{short description|American baseball player (1908-1960)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Gibby Brack

|position=Outfielder

|image=Gibby Brack.jpeg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1908|3|29}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1960|1|20|1908|3|29}}

|death_place=Greenville, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= April 23

|debutyear= 1937

|debutteam= Brooklyn Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1939

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.279

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=16

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=113

|teams=

• Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938)
• Philadelphia Phillies (1938–1939)

}}

Gilbert Herman Brack (March 29, 1908 – January 20, 1960) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies from 1937 to 1939.

In 1933, he passed himself off as 20 years old, when in reality, he was 25. He did this in hopes to have a more successful career.

In 315 games over three seasons, Brack posted a .279 batting average (273-for-980) with 150 runs, 70 doubles, 18 triples, 16 home runs, 113 RBI, 92 bases on balls, .341 on-base percentage and .436 slugging percentage. He finished his major league career with a .969 fielding percentage playing at first base and all three outfield positions.{{cite web |title=Gibby Brack |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brackgi01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 26, 2022}}

Brack died of suicide via gunshot at age 51.{{Cite news |date=January 21, 1960 |title=Gil Brack Found Dead; Ex-Dodger |page=44 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108113705/st-louis-post-dispatch/}}