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stated "Gilligan caught exceedingly well taking some fine pickups." Over 52 games played, Gilligan batted a career-low .171 with 11 RBI and six doubles. Defensively, he played 27 games as catcher and 23 as an outfielder. Next season, Gilligan continued to play for the Blues, serving as backup catcher
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Nationals. The next season, Gilligan was released by the team. In his final MLB season, Gilligan signed with the Detroit Wolverines. He played in one game for the team, going 1–for–5 with a run and a strikeout. Later that year, Gilligan signed with the Lynn Shoemakers,
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Flyaways, an amateur baseball club. He continued his professional baseball career in 1876 and 1877. In 1878, Gilligan played for various minor-league clubs such as the Somerville Unions of
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Gilligan was assigned to the Washington Nationals. He served as captain of the team for the 1886 season, catching 71 games and batting .190. Before the 1887 season, he established a restaurant in the
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279:. Over his career, Gilligan compiled a career
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494:on April 1, 1934. Gilligan was interred at
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1100:Washington Nationals (1886–1889) players
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514:"Barney Gilligan Statistics and History"
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