Warren Gill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWarren Gill
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1878
Place of Birth: Ladoga, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 26-Nov-1952
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Warren Gill
- Warren Darst Gill (December 21, 1878 in Ladoga, Indiana – November 26, 1952 in Laguna Beach, California), nicknamed "Doc", was a professional baseball player who played first base for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1908 Major League season. Gill is best known for failing to touch second base in a game against the Chicago Cubs on September 4, 1908.
- With the game tied at 0 in the bottom of the 10th, Chief Wilson stroked a two-out single that scored the winning run.
- However, Johnny Evers saw that Gill did not touch second base.
- Umpire Hank O'Day, the only umpire working the game that day, said he did not see it and called the game over with a Pirates victory. Three weeks later on September 23, 1908, New York Giants player Fred Merkle repeated Gill's error during a game against the Cubs.
- The Cubs' capitalization of this error was followed by a losing streak which became known as the curse of Fred Merkle.
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