Herbert Gay
{{Short description|American baseball player}}
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| name = Herbert Gay
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| position = Pitcher
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|1|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Fort Gaines, Georgia, U.S.
| death_date = May, 1979
| death_place = Hempstead, New York, U.S.
| bats = Unknown
| throws = Unknown
| debutleague = Negro league baseball
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| debutyear = 1929
| debutteam = Chicago American Giants
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| finalyear = 1930
| finalteam = Baltimore Black Sox
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- Chicago American Giants (1929)
- Birmingham Black Barons (1930)
- Baltimore Black Sox (1930)
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Herbert Wimble Gay (January 25, 1909 – May 1979) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. The brother of fellow Negro leaguer Willie Gay, Gay played with the Chicago American Giants in 1929 and the Birmingham Black Barons and Baltimore Black Sox in 1930.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |
title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile |url-access=registration |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript= }}
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External links
{{Baseballstats|br=g/gayhe01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gay---000her Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=gay--01her Seamheads]
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Category:Baltimore Black Sox players
Category:Birmingham Black Barons players
Category:Chicago American Giants players
Category:Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
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