Jerry Dorgan
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1856 – 1891
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Who was Jerry Dorgan?
Jeremiah F. "Jerry" Dorgan was an American professional baseball player American from 1879 to 1887. He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a right fielder and catcher for five major league clubs. He appeared in 131 major league games and compiled a .282 batting average with 22 doubles, four home runs and 49 RBIs.
Dorgan's baseball career reportedly came to an early end due to his "unconquerable appetite for liquor"; he died of alcohol poisoning in 1891 after being discovered intoxicated in a Connecticut barn with an empty liquor bottle by his side.
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- Born
- 1856
Meriden - Profession
- Lived in
- Meriden
- Died
- Jun 10, 1891
Middletown
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on July 23, 2013
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