Bert Gallia
Major League Baseball pitcher
Died when: 84 years 157 days (1013 months)Star Sign: Libra
Melvin Allys "Bert" Gallia (October 14, 1891 – March 19, 1976) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1920.He played for the Washington Senators, St.
Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Phillies.Gallia grew up in Woodsboro, Texas.As an 18-year-old student at St.Louis College (later St.
Mary's University) in San Antonio in 1909, Gallia became famed for striking out Ty Cobb in an exhibition game held at the St.
Louis College campus.
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