Tom Daly (catcher)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Tom Daly
position=Catcher


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1891|12|12|mf=y
city-state|Saint John|New Brunswick
deathdate=death date and age|1946|11|7|1891|12|12
city-state|Medford|Massachusetts
debutdate=September 23
debutyear=by|1913
debutteam=Chicago White Sox
finaldate=September 27
finalyear=by|1921
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.239
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=55
teams=
*Chicago White Sox (1913-15)
*Cleveland Indians (1916)
*Chicago Cubs (1918-21)

Thomas Daniel Daly (December 12, 1891 - November 7, 1946) was a Canadian Major League Baseball player. 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.

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. 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.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball players from Canada

ources

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* [http://filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=16&navid=87 Canadian Film Encyclopedia] online publication, The Film Reference Library of the Toronto International Film