Paul Gillespie Stats & Facts

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Paul Gillespie Essentials

Positions:
Bats: L Throws: R
Height: 75 Weight: 195
Born: Saturday, September 18, 1920 in Sugar Valley, GA USA
Died: 8 11 1970 in Anniston, AL USA
Debut: 9/11/1942
Last Game: 9/30/1945
Full Name: Paul Allen Gillespie

Paul Gillespie was a high school second-team catcher at 17, a minor-league all-star outfielder at 19, and a major-league catcher at 21. In a career that spanned 89 games from 1942 to 1945, he became the first big-leaguer to hit a home run in both his first and last regular season at-bat.
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