Tom McGovern (baseball)

Thomas J. McGovern was an American professional baseball second baseman who played in one major league game for the Brooklyn Atlantics in. In the game, which took place on June 15, he had no hits in four at bats, but scored a run. In the field, McGovern had twelve chances and made three errors. He played for Essex, a minor league club in Newark, New Jersey, in 1874 as well, and continued playing through. He appeared in an old-timers game in 1897 and died in Newark on July 5, 1919.
For a long time, McGovern had no known first name, and his last was thought to be "Gavern", despite contemporary box scores listing his surname correctly. In 2024, the Society for American Baseball Research discovered McGovern's first name and other biographical information about him.