Don Gile
First baseman / Catcher
Born: (1935-04-19)April 19, 1935
Modesto, California, U.S.
Died: March 5, 2021(2021-03-05) (aged 85)
Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 25, 1959, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1962, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average.150
Home runs3
Runs batted in9
Teams

Donald Loren Gile (April 19, 1935 – March 5, 2021) was a utility first baseman/catcher in Major League Baseball who played for one full season and parts of three others between 1959 and 1962 for the Boston Red Sox. Nicknamed "Bear" — he was listed at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg) — Gile batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by Boston out of the University of Arizona. While at Arizona, Gile competed in the 1954 College World Series.

Over all or part of four MLB seasons, Gile hit .150 (18-for-120) with three home runs and nine RBI in 58 games, including 12 runs, 2 doubles and 1 triple. Gile played 31 games at first base and committed 4 errors in 224 chances for a .982 fielding%. In 19 appearances as a catcher, he posted a perfect 1.000 F% in 39 chances.

Gile played only one full year—1962—in the majors and went hitless in 34 at bats through September 25. In the first game of a doubleheader on September 30, he collected his first safety of the season. Then, in the nightcap, he collected his second hit of the campaign, a bottom-of-the-ninth, two-run walk-off home run, in his final MLB at-bat, to give Boston a 3–1 victory over the Washington Senators.[1]

Gile played in minor league baseball in 1963 before leaving the game.

Personal life

Gile was born on April 19, 1935 in Modesto, California.[2] Gile died on March 5, 2021.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nowlin, Bill. "Don Gile". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  2. ↑ admin. "Don Gile – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Donald Gile Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information". strodefh.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.


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