Friday, February 9, 2024

CAREER-CAPPER: 1974 ALAN GALLAGHER

Today on the blog we have a career-capping 1974 card for former infielder Alan Gallagher, who played what turned out to be the last of his MLB games in 1973 with the San Francisco Giants and California Angels:


After five games with the Giants to start the 1973 season, Gallagher was traded down the road to the Angels for Bruce Miller on April 14th, where he'd end up playing 110 games and doing well, hitting at a .273 clip while playing all infield spots except first base.
Gallagher had a decent rookie year in 1970, hitting .266 over 109 games for the San Francisco Giants while manning third base.
Those numbers were good enough to tab him the rookie All-Star at third base, leading to the beauty of a prototype card you see here.
Though he did have another decent year in 1971, hitting .277 over 136 games, setting career bests across the board in what turned out to be a brief four year career, he'd never play at that level again, splitting time in 1973 with the Giants and California Angels before playing ball in various Minor Leagues, as well as Mexico.
His final MLB numbers: four years and 442 games, hitting .263 with 114 runs scored, 333 hits and 130 RBIs, seeing most of his time at third base.