Bill McGunnigle
| Bill McGunningle | |||
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McGunnigle on an 1887 Old Judge tobacco card
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| Outfielder / Pitcher / Manager | |||
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Born: January 1, 1855 Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died: March 9, 1899 (aged 44) Brockton, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 2, 1879, for the Buffalo Bisons | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 17, 1882, for the Cleveland Blues | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .173 | ||
| Win–loss record (as pitcher) | 11-8 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.81 | ||
| Win–loss record (as manager) | 327-248 | ||
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William Henry McGunnigle (January 1, 1855 in Boston, Massachusetts – March 9, 1899 in Brockton, Massachusetts) was an American baseball manager for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Pittsburgh Pirates and Louisville Colonels. He was nicknamed "Gunner" or "Mac" during his playing days.
After moving to East Stoughton as a child, McGunnigle began his career in the Massachusetts League with the Howard Juniors club of nearby Brockton. He went to the Fall River team in 1875, primarily pitching and catching, but also serving as a utility player for the club.
In 1876, he left to play pitcher and catcher for a club in Buffalo which would eventually come to be known as the Bisons, winning the International Association pennant in 1878. The team became a professional club and joined the National League as the Buffalo Bisons in 1879.
McGunnigle had an abbreviated playing record in top professional leagues, tallying 58 games for the Buffalo Bisons (1879–80), Worcester Ruby Legs (1880) and Cleveland Blues (1882). McGunnigle won the Clipper Medal, the equivalent of an all-star selection, as a right fielder for the Bisons in 1879. Over his two years with Buffalo, he compiled an 11–8 record in 18 starts, leading the league with the lowest per-inning rates of hits and strikeouts in 1879 and posting the fourth-best winning percentage. He was briefly the player/manager for the Bisons in 1880, but team management replaced him with infielder Sam Crane after 17 games. As a professional, McGunnigle was a career .173 hitter with a .900 fielding percentage as a part-time outfielder.
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