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Paul Gillespie

Birthdate:

9/18/1920

Died:

8/11/1970

Height / Weight:

6' 3" / 195 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Sugar Valley, GA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

The tall, 6 ft 3 inch, 195 pound Paul Gillespie broke in with the Chicago Cubs in 1942 and hit .242 in 5 games as the understudy to starting catcher Clyde McCullough. The next year he batted .269 in 9 games.

In 1945 with McCullough serving in the US Military during the War, Paul Gillespie, the first Cubs player ever to wear a crewcut, played in 75 games.

On August 15 1945 in Ebbets Field in Brooklyn Paul Gilllespie lined a single and 2 home runs, had 6 RBIs to lead the Cubs to a 20-6 pounding over the Dodgers.

Cubs pitcher Hank Borowy pitched the entire game, Andy Pafko and Heinz Becker also hit homers for the Cubs. Baseball Historian

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
3 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1942	CHC (NL)	5	16	3	4	0	0	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	SLG
1944	CHC (NL)	9	26	2	7	1	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.345	SLG
1945	CHC (NL)	75	163	12	47	6	0	3	25	18	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	.288	.366	SLG
3 years		89	205	17	58	7	0	6	31	22	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	.283	.358	.SLG

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