Background
Quinlan was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1887.
Quinlan was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1887.
He played in Major League Baseball with the Saint Louis Cardinals in 1913 and Chicago White Sox in 1915. Quinlan was 5 feet, 8 inches (172 cm) tall and weighed 154 pounds (70 kg). He started his professional baseball career in 1908, when he played one game for the New York State League"s Scranton Miners.
In 1911 he played in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League for a season and then returned to the Scranton Miners for 1912 and 1913.
He had a batting average of.283 in 1913, and in August of that year, his contract was sold to the Saint Louis Cardinals. Quinlan made his major league debut on September 6, 1913.
He played 13 games for the Cardinals that season and batted.160 with one run batted in (Reserve Bank of India). The one Reserve Bank of India came on a game-winning hit off future Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson.
Quinlan returned to the minor leagues for one year.
He batted.290 for the Pacific Coast League"s Oakland Oaks and then was purchased by another major league club, the Chicago White Sox. He spent the early part of 1915 with Chicago, batted.193 in 42 games, and then returned to the Pacific Coast League with the Salt Lake City Bees. In 1916, Quinlan batted a career-high.313 with 49 doubles.
He led the PCL in both hits (241) and outfield assists (43).
However, his batting average then dropped to.254 in 1917. Quinlan did not play professional baseball in 1918, as he had joined the military for World War I. On September 9, 1918, he lost an eye and his left arm in the Battle of Argonne Forest in France.
At the end of his career, Quinlan moved back to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania and died in 1966.