Gil Hatfield

{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1921)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Gil Hatfield

|image=Gil Hatfield.jpg

|position=Third baseman/Shortstop

|birth_date={{Birth date|1855|1|27}}

|birth_place=Hoboken, New Jersey

|death_date={{death date and age|1921|5|27|1855|1|27}}

|death_place=Hoboken, New Jersey

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 24

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1885}}

|debutteam=Buffalo Bisons

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 8

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1895}}

|finalteam=Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Hits

|stat3label=Runs

|stat1value=.247

|stat2value=297

|stat3value=179

|teams=

• Buffalo Bisons (1885)
• New York Giants (1887–1889)
• New York Giants (PL) (1890)
• Washington Statesmen (1891)
• Brooklyn Grooms (1893)
• Louisville Colonels (1895)

}}

Gilbert Hatfield (January 27, 1855 – May 27, 1921), nicknamed "Colonel", was an American professional baseball player who played third base and shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1885 to 1895. He was interred at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey). He was the brother of fellow major leaguer John Hatfield.