Tom Daly (catcher)
Thomas Daniel Daly (December 12, 1891 – November 7, 1946) was a Canadian Major League Baseball player and coach. He was a catcher for the Chicago White Sox (1913–15), Cleveland Indians (1916) and Chicago Cubs (1918–21), helping the Cubs win the 1918 National League pennant.
| Tom Daly | |
|---|---|
 Tom D. Daly in 1918 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: December 12, 1891 Saint John, New Brunswick | |
| Died: November 7, 1946 (aged 54) Medford, Massachusetts | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 23, 1913, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 27, 1921, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .239 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 55 |
| Teams | |
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Daly played eight seasons in the major leagues, appearing in 244 games, and had 540 at-bats, 49 runs, 129 hits, 17 doubles, 3 triples, 55 RBI, 5 stolen bases, 25 walks, a .239 batting average, .274 on-base percentage, a .281 slugging percentage, 152 total bases and 8 sacrifice hits.
After his major league career, he managed the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League for the early part of the 1932 season. He was a Boston Red Sox coach for 14 seasons (1933–46), the longest consecutive-year coaching tenure in Bosox history.
Daly died in Medford, Massachusetts at the age of 54 from colon cancer.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Canadian Film Encyclopedia online publication, The Film Reference Library of the Toronto International Film]
- Tom Daly at Find a Grave