About Gary Fortune
Lived 1894 – 1955 (aged 60). Gary Fortune was an American baseball player.
Garrett Reese Fortune (October 11, 1894 – September 23, 1955) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Philadelphia Phillies (1916, 1918) and Boston Red Sox. Listed at , , Fortune was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed. He was born in High Point, North Carolina.
In a three-season career, Fortune posted a 0–5 record with 23 strikeouts and a 6.61 ERA in 20 appearances, including six starts, two complete games, 11 games finished, 46 walks, and 77.2 innings of work.
Fortune died in Washington, D.C., in 1955, at age 60.
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American baseball player
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Gary Fortune was born on 11 October 1894 in High Point.
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Gary Fortune died on 23 September 1955 in Washington, D.C..
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