Bert Gallia

Melvin Allys Gallia

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.
• School St. Mary's University
• Debut September 4, 1912
• Final Game July 31, 1920
• Born October 14, 1891 in Beeville, TX USA
• Died March 19, 1976 in Devine, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Bert Gallia pitched nine years in the majors, mostly in the American League and primarily for the Washington Senators, for whom he won 17 games two years in a row.

Gallia was originally picked up by the Senators in 1912 from Kansas City, and was again acquired from Kansas City in 1915. The New York Times recounts his first game of the 1915 season in an article from April 17, 1915 called Recruit from Texas Baffles Yankees.

Gallia was the first American League pitcher to hit three batters in the same inning, when he plunked batsmen thrice in the first frame of a June 20, 1913 game, while pitching for the Washington Senators.