Cam Gallagher #67

Cameron Joseph Gallagher...Engaged, fiancée’s name is Bree...2011 graduate of Manheim Township High School (PA)...Batted .434 with four HR, 19 RBI, 29 runs and 10 SB as a senior...Participated in the Aflac All-America Baseball Classic after his junior year...Grew up a Philadelphia sports fan...Attended the Phillies 2008 World Series championship parade as a freshman in high school...Favorite Philly athletes were Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Allen Iverson and Donovan McNabb...Father, Glenn, was selected in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB Draft by TOR and his older brother, Austin, was a 3rd-round selection of LAD in the 2007 MLB Draft...Hobbies: Golf and fishing...Signed by: Jim Farr.

2023

Made CLE’s Opening Day roster after attending ML Spring Training as a non-roster invitee...Appeared in 56 games for CLE (53 starts), all at catcher...Was on the 7-day injured list with a concussion from 8/17-23.

2022

Spent entire 12-year professional career in the KC Royals organization save the last two months of the 2022 season after Aug. 2 trading deadline deal to SD and then a September waiver claim by Baltimore...Has been credited for 11 Defensive Runs Saved for his career...Was on the KC Opening Day roster in 2019, 2021-22 (was on IL to start 2020 season). Was on IL (left hamstring) from May 2-June 20, but otherwise was on KC's roster until the 8/2 SD trade... Reported to AAA El Paso, appearing in 16 games before being claimed on Sept. 11 by Baltimore (appeared in five games at AAA Norfolk to end season).

2021

Appeared in 48 games, including 33 starts behind the plate, despite three stints on the Injured List from May 3-14 with a concussion, from June 20-July 16 with a right shoulder impingement and from Sept. 5-21 with left knee inflammation...He threw out four of 17 would-be base stealers (23.5%), had one passed ball and the Royals went 26-20 in games he appeared at catcher. According to FanGraphs, he ranked seventh among American League catchers with six defensive runs saved (min. 300.0 innings)...From Aug. 9 to the end of the season, batted .395 (17-for-43) with three doubles, a HR and six RBI and hit safely in 12 of his final 14 games with an at-bat...that included ending the season on a seven-game hitting streak from Aug. 28-Oct. 2, matching his career-best run from May 19-June 6, 2019...Hit .154 (10-for-65) through his first 28 games of the season from April 1-Aug. 5, including an 0-for-23 skid from June 6-Aug. 6...Went 6-for-17 (.353) with runners in scoring position, after going 1-for-his-last 17 dating back to August 2019, including 0-for-12 with RISP in 2020...Snapped a 111 at-bat drought with a home run on Aug. 20 at Wrigley Field to mark his first home run since Aug. 26, 2020 at St. Louis...Had multiple hits in a career-best four straight games from Sept. 29-Oct. 2 and was one of four Royals with a streak of at least four straight multi-hit games in 2021, joining Nicky Lopez (5, Sept. 7-11; 4, June 15-20), Whit Merrifield (June 14-18) and Carlos Santana (April 17-20).

2020

Appeared in 25 games, including 19 starts behind the plate…set career highs in average (.283), on-base percentage (.356) and slugging (.434)...Missed the first eight games of the season after opening the year on the Injured List…reinstated on Aug. 2 and made 15 of his 19 starts between Aug. 21-Sept. 11, when Salvador Perez was on the Injured List…played in just one game (Sept. 23 vs. St. Louis) after Perez’s return...Batted .407 (11-for-27) with four doubles, a homer and all three of his RBI on the road, compared to a .154 average (4-for-26) with one double at home...In six games vs. Minnesota, went 5-for-12 (.417) with a double and two runs scored…in the second game of the Aug. 16 doubleheader at Target Field, went 2-for-2 with a walk to match his career high by reaching base three times...Hit safely in five straight games from Sept. 6-10, going 6-for-16 (.375), a stretch that included all four games of a series in Cleveland (5-for-13)...Recorded his lone home run on Aug. 26 at Busch Stadium, breaking a scoreless tie in the third inning with a two-run shot off Dakota Hudson... Had a game-tying two-out RBI double at Cleveland on Sept. 8, his first game-tying RBI since a solo shot at Target Field on Aug. 2, 2019.

2019

Made the Opening Day roster for the second straight season and played in a career-high 45 games, including 36 starts behind the plate ... Placed on the 10-day Injured List on Aug. 8 with a strained left oblique…reinstated when rosters expanded on Sept. 1, but did not play ... Hit just .100 (4-for-40) in his first 14 games through May 16, but hit .302 (26-for-86) in 31 games the rest of the season ... Homered in back-to-back games on July 31 vs. Toronto and Aug. 2 at Minnesota, both coming within a span of five plate appearances…he homered three times in his previous 228 carer plate appearances in the Majors ... Seven of his last 12 hits went for extra bases from July 14- Aug. 4, including five doubles and two home runs ... Doubled and scored twice and caught all 9.0 innings of Glenn Sparkman's shutout on July 16 vs. Chicago, which was the first shutout by a Royal since June 2, 2017 vs. Cleveland (Jason Vargas) ... Had three RBI bunt hits: April 14 vs. Cleveland, April 24 at Tampa Bay and July 18 vs. Chicago…his three RBI bunt hits were more than any Royals catcher in an entire career, and he's the first catcher to record three RBI bunt hits in a single season since San Diego's Brad Ausmus in 1995.

2018

Made the Opening Day roster for the first time in his career and played 22 big league games, batting .206 with three doubles, a homer and seven RBI…appeared in eight of the Royals' first 20 games prior to Salvador Perez's return from the disabled list...Recalled on Aug. 31 and hit his only home run of the season that night…reached base three times, which included a pair of hits in a 9-2 triumph over the Orioles...Made 12 starts behind the plate following his Aug. 31 recall, and allowed just one stolen base in 98.2 innings, after allowing four steals in 53.2 innings in his first stint with Kansas City...Batted .265/.334/.358 (71-for-268) with a career-high 42 doubles in 77 games with Omaha (AAA)...Threw out 20 of 65 would-be base stealers (30.8%), the third-most runners caught stealing and the fifth-best rate among qualifying catchers in the Pacific Coast League.

2017

Spent most of the season with Omaha (AAA), where he hit .292 (76-for-260) with five HR and 37 RBI in 73 games ... Debuted on Aug. 6 vs. Seattle (Game 1), entering as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning...made his first big league start on Aug. 6 vs. Seattle (Game 2)…walked and scored his first run in the seventh inning and recorded his first Major League hit in the eighth ... Hit .385/.500/.692 (5-for-13) with five RBI in five games (four starts) during Salvador Perez's 16-day DL stint ... Recorded his first career home run in his fourth game on Aug. 14 at Oakland, a grand slam off Jharel Cotton in the Sonic Slam sixth inning…the Sonic Slam won Tim Brown of Shawnee, Kan. $25,000 and was the eighth Royals' Sonic Slam since the promotion began in 1995 and first since Lorenzo Cain did it on July 4, 2013 ... Became the second Royal to have his first career HR be a grand slam, joining fellow catcher Paul Phillips on Aug. 17, 2005 vs. Seattle…he's the first Royal to hit a grand slam within his first four career games ... Made two starts (eight outings) in September, going 1-for-11.

2016

Spent the entire season with Northwest Arkansas (AA), where he played in 91 games, including 79 starts behind the dish...Led Texas League catchers in total chances (713), putouts (648), assists (62), double plays (nine) and caught stealing percentage (.476, 30-of-63)...Batted .259 (78-for-301), his highest mark since 2012 (.276)...Recorded his first career multi-home run game on July 21 in an 8-1 win vs. Springfield.

2015

Spent the entire 2015 season at Wilmington (A)…missed a pair of stretches due to stints on the disabled list ... Ranked second among Carolina League catchers with a .323 on-base percentage and fifth with 15 doubles in 2015.

2014

Named a Carolina League All-Star in 2014 and went 1-for-2 with a single in the Carolina League vs. California League game ... Threw out 40 percent (50 of 125) of would-be base stealers in 2014.