Dorgan\'s baseball career reportedly came to an early end due to his "unconquerable appetite for liquor"; he died of alcohol poisoning in 1891 after being discovered intoxicated in a Connecticut barn with an empty liquor bottle by his side.\n', '

Dorgan was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1856. His parents were Cornelius Dorgan and Mary (Cahill) Dorgan, both of whom were immigrants from Ireland. His older brother, Mike Dorgan, played ten seasons of Major League Baseball from 1877 to 1890.\n', '

Dorgan began his career as a professional baseball player in 1879 with the Holyoke, Massachusetts team where he compiled a .304 batting average.\n', '

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