Patsy Dougherty

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Patsy Dougherty

|image=File:Patsy Dougherty, Chicago White Sox, baseball card portrait LCCN2008676442.jpg

|position=Outfielder

|birth_date={{Birth date|1876|10|27}}

|birth_place=Andover, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1940|4|30|1876|10|27}}

|death_place=Bolivar, New York, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 19

|debutyear=1902

|debutteam=Boston Americans

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 22

|finalyear=1911

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.284

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=17

|stat3label=Run batted in

|stat3value=413

|teams=

Boston Americans ({{mlby|1902}}–{{mlby|1904}})
New York Highlanders ({{mlby|1904}}–{{mlby|1906}})
Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1906}}–{{mlby|1911}})

|highlights=

2× World Series champion ({{wsy|1903}}, {{wsy|1906}})
AL stolen base leader (1908)

}}

Patrick Henry "Patsy" Dougherty (October 27, 1876 – April 30, 1940) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder from 1902 to 1911. He played for the Boston Americans (now the Boston Red Sox), the New York Highlanders (now the New York Yankees), and the Chicago White Sox.

On July 29, 1903, Dougherty became the second Red Sox player (then known as the Americans) to hit for the cycle.{{cite news |url=http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2015/06/list_of_the_20_boston_red_sox.html |title=List of the 20 Boston Red Sox players who have hit for the cycle starting with Brock Holt |first=Christopher |last=Smith |website=masslive.com |date=June 17, 2015 |access-date=October 19, 2017}} In Game 2 of the 1903 World Series, the first modern World Series, Dougherty became the first player to accomplish several feats; he became the first Boston player to hit a World Series home run,[https://baseballbiography.com/patsy-dougherty Patsy Dougherty] - BaseballBiography.com the first player to hit two home runs in a single World Series game, and the first player to hit a leadoff inside-the-park home run in a World Series game (a feat not matched until the 2015 World Series, by Alcides Escobar of the Kansas City Royals in Game 1).

In a 10-year major league career, covering 1233 games, Dougherty compiled a .284 batting average (1294-for-4558) with 678 runs, 17 home runs, 413 RBI and 261 stolen bases. In his two postseason appearances, in the 1903 and '06 World Series, he batted .185 (10-for-54) with 2 home runs and 6 RBI.

Dougherty died in Bolivar, New York, at the age of 63 and was buried at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Bolivar.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=doughpa01 Baseball-Almanac.com]. Retrieved October 24, 2006.

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