Tom Quinlan

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name =Tom Quinlan

| image =Tom Quinlan - Knoxville Blue Jays - 1988.jpg

| caption =Quinlan in 1988

| position =Third baseman

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1968|3|27}}

| birth_place =Saint Paul, Minnesota

| bats =Right

| throws =Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =September 4

| debutyear =1990

| debutteam =Toronto Blue Jays

|debut2league = KBO

| debut2date =April 5

| debut2year =2000

| debut2team =Hyundai Unicorns

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =April 6

| finalyear =1996

| finalteam =Minnesota Twins

|final2league = KBO

| final2date =April 21

| final2year =2002

| final2team =LG Twins

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .155

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 1

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 5

|stat2league = KBO

| stat21label = Batting average

| stat21value = .233

| stat22label = Home runs

| stat22value = 65

| stat23label = Runs batted in

| stat23value = 157

| teams =

• Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1990}}, {{mlby|1992}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1994}})
• Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1996}})
• Hyundai Unicorns ({{Baseball year|2000}}–{{Baseball year|2001}})
• LG Twins ({{Baseball year|2002}})

| awards =

• World Series champion ({{Baseball year|1992}})
• Korean Series champion ({{Baseball year|2000}})
• Korean Series MVP ({{Baseball year|2000}})

}}

Thomas Raymond Quinlan (born March 27, 1968) is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball. Quinlan spent parts of four seasons in the major leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins. He is the older brother of Robb Quinlan, also a former Major League Baseball player.

Quinlan was a two-sport star in high school. He was also drafted by the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames in the 4th round, 79th overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Quinlan had committed to play both college baseball and college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and had enrolled at the school and started practicing with both teams before ultimately signing with the Blue Jays before classes began.{{cite news |last1=Berry |first1=Sal |title=Boys of winter turned boys of summer: Six athletes who picked baseball over hockey |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/boys-of-winter-turned-boys-of-summer-six-athletes-who-picked-baseball-over-hockey |work=The Hockey News |access-date=March 26, 2023 |date=July 31, 2016}} Quinlan became the first foreign-born Korean Series MVP when he led the Hyundai Unicorns to their Korean Series championship in 2000.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=830335e3 |title=2000 Korean Baseball Organization |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=May 19, 2020}}

Tom and Robb Quinlan were part of the ownership group for the St. Croix River Hounds, a collegiate summer baseball team intended to play at Hudson, Wisconsin in the Northwoods League. First reported on in July 2017,{{cite news |last1=Mariscal |first1=Rebecca |title=Northwoods team to make Hudson its home |url=https://www.rivertowns.net/news/4297046-northwoods-team-make-hudson-its-home |access-date=July 1, 2024 |work=Hudson Star-Observer |publisher=Forum Communications |date=July 13, 2017 |location=River Falls, Wisconsin |language=en |quote=In 2018, the league will have 22 teams, including the St. Croix team.}} the team was removed from the Northwoods League website in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Leischner |first1=Mike |title=Northwoods League Expands Further Into North Dakota |url=https://wsau.com/2023/10/14/northwoods-league-expands-further-into-north-dakota/ |access-date=July 1, 2024 |date=October 14, 2023 |work=WSAU (AM)}}