About Tom Daly
Lived 1891 – 1946 (aged 54). Tom Daly was an American baseball player.
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 and Chicago Cubs (1918–21).
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.
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Who was Tom Daly?
Canadian baseball player (1891–1946)
When was Tom Daly born?
Tom Daly was born on 12 December 1891 in Saint John.
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Tom Daly died on 7 November 1946 in Medford.
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Tom Daly was a baseball player.
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Tom Daly was American.
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