George Gore won his only batting title in 1880 while playing for Chicago, along with league leading totals in on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
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25 Facts About George Gore
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George Gore led the league twice in runs scored, bases on balls three times, and games played by a center fielder once.
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George Gore was the all-time leader for most errors by major league outfielder upon his retirement with 368 total, including a record 346 errors in the National League, records he still holds today.
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George Gore was a member of the New York Giants' two National League championship teams in 1888 and 1889.
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George Gore showed up to his first professional baseball tryout without shoes.
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Spalding offered him $1,200 a season, and although George Gore originally asked for $2,500, they eventually compromised on $1,900.
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George Gore played in 63 games that first season as the club's starting center fielder and batted.
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In 1881 and 1882, George Gore continued his hitting success, as he finished in the top 10 in multiple offensive categories.
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George Gore led the league in runs scored both seasons, and walks in 1882.
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On June 25,1881, he became the first known player to record at least seven stolen bases in one game when the Chicago Tribune noted that George Gore stole second base five times and third base three times.
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George Gore's production did not decline despite his team's sinking performance as he was again among the top players in several offensive categories over the next two seasons, including a league-leading 61 walks in 1884.
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George Gore is the first player to accomplish this feat, which has since been equalled many times, but never surpassed.
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In 1886, George Gore established career highs in bases on balls with 102, which led the NL, and runs scored with 150, while the White Stockings again finished in first place.
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On November 24,1886, George Gore was the first to go, when he was sold to the New York Giants for approximately $3,500.
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George Gore joined a New York Giants team that had a roster that contained no less than six future Baseball Hall of Famers: John Montgomery Ward, Roger Connor, Buck Ewing, Tim Keefe, Mickey Welch, and Jim O'Rourke.
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George Gore took his usual position in center field, replacing O'Rourke, who was the starter the previous season.
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George Gore had already taken his position in left field, but Ewing made the change to Slattery before the game started.
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George Gore appeared in three of the eleven games that were played during this post-season exhibition.
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George Gore regained his starting position in center field for the 1889 season, and his play improved over his 1888 performance.
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The Players' League began play for the 1890 season, and George Gore joined many of his fellow Giants as they joined the new league to play for the New York Giants.
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George Gore returned the Giants along with all of his teammates.
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George Gore began the 1892 season as the starting center fielder of the Giants, but through an unknown transaction, had moved on to the position of player-manager for the St Louis Browns of the NL.
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George Gore soon departed the team, and he never played major league baseball again.
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George Gore denied his wife's charge of having had intimate relations with Sinclaire.
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