Patrick Henry Dougherty was a Major League

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 outfielder

Outfielder

Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...

. Dougherty was born in Andover, New York

Andover (town), New York

Andover is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 1,945 at the 2000 census.The Town of Andover is on the eastern edge of Allegany County and contains a village of Andover.- History :...

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He was the first player to hit two home run

Home run

In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...

s in a single World Series

World Series

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...

 game, doing so with the Boston Americans in Game 2 of the first modern World Series

1903 World Series

The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the Boston Americans of the American League against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last...

. By doing so, he was also the first player for the Red Sox to hit a homer in the World Series.

Dougherty died in Bolivar, NY

Bolivar (town), New York

Bolivar is a town in Allegany County, New York, USA. The population was 2,223 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Simón Bolívar.The Town of Bolivar is on the south border of the county and is east of Olean, New York...

 at the age of 63. He was laid to rest at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Bolivar, NY.

See also

• Hitting for the cycle
  Hitting for the cycle
  In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle". Cycles are uncommon in Major League Baseball , occurring 293 times since the first by Curry...
  
  
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
• List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
• List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
• FindAGrave.com