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Gene Green
Gene Leroy Green

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 10, 1957
  vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 1963
Born June 26, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA
Died May 23, 1981 in St.Louis, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 24 STL NL   6   15    0    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   3  .200  .188  .267   20    4   0   1   0   0   1
 1958 25 STL NL 137  442   47  124  18  3  13   55   2  1  37  48  .281  .333  .423   96  187   2   7   4   1  24
 1959 26 STL NL  30   74    8   14   6  0   1    3   0  0   5  18  .189  .241  .311   42   23   0   0   1   0   1
 1960 27 BAL AL   1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   37    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 28 WSA AL 110  364   52  102  16  3  18   62   0  2  35  65  .280  .341  .489  124  178   0   5   5   1  26
 1962 29 CLE AL  66  143   16   40   4  1  11   28   0  0   8  21  .280  .316  .552  132   79   0   1   0   0   6
 1963 30 TOT     58  109    7   23   4  0   3   10   0  0   4  30  .211  .256  .330   64   36   0   1   0   3   5
         CLE AL  43   78    4   16   3  0   2    7   0  0   4  22  .205  .259  .321   62   25   0   1   0   2   4
         CIN NL  15   31    3    7   1  0   1    3   0  0   0   8  .226  .250  .355   70   11   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      408 1151  130  307  49  7  46  160   2  3  89 185  .267  .318  .441  102  508   2  15  10   5  63
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        457   52  122  19  3  18   64   1  1  35  73  .267  .318  .441  102  202   1   6   4   2  25
 Career High    137  442   52  124  18  3  18   62   2  2  37  65  .281  .341  .489  124  187   2   7   5   3  26
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 24 STL NL   16   14    1   1.9   105| .200  .271| .188  .334| .267  .419| .455  .754|  20  .169  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1958 25 STL NL  489  352   56   4.3   109| .281  .274| .333  .343| .423  .428| .756  .771|  96  .460  -2.9  -0.3  66%
 1959 26 STL NL   79   61    5   2.2   110| .189  .277| .241  .344| .311  .429| .552  .773|  42  .203  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1960 27 BAL AL    4    3    0   0.0   100| .250  .262| .250  .336| .250  .401| .500  .737|  37  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1961 28 WSA AL  405  295   51   4.6   100| .280  .258| .341  .332| .489  .401| .830  .734| 124  .496  11.9   1.2   0%
 1962 29 CLE AL  152  110   23   5.6   100| .280  .259| .316  .331| .552  .404| .868  .735| 132  .595   5.1   0.5   0%
 1963 30 TOT     117   92    8   2.4    94| .211  .256| .256  .321| .330  .392| .586  .713|  64  .264  -5.4  -0.5   0%
         CLE AL   85   67    6   2.4    95| .205  .255| .259  .322| .321  .394| .580  .716|  62  .267  -4.0  -0.4   0%
         CIN NL   32   25    2   2.2    92| .226  .257| .250  .320| .355  .385| .605  .705|  70  .251  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1262  927  144   4.2   104| .267  .266| .318  .336| .441  .413| .759  .749| 102  .455   0.3   0.1  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 24 STL NL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.73 0.67 1.97 3 27.0 1958 25 STL NL RF 75 138 12 5 3 .968 .978 2.00 1.73 2.16 2.02 71 625.3 C 48 287 23 2 2 .994 .988 6.46 5.19 6.83 6.06 48 408.3 8 20 23 9 1959 26 STL NL RF 19 27 6 2 1 .943 .979 1.74 1.64 2.15 1.96 16 138.0 C 11 34 3 0 0 1.000 .989 3.36 5.24 8.93 6.35 4 37.3 0 1 1 0 1960 27 BAL AL RF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.12 1.91 1 8.0 1961 28 WSA AL C 79 326 22 5 3 .986 .989 4.41 5.44 4.81 6.21 75 651.0 13 29 36 10 RF 21 33 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.57 1.75 1.75 2.06 21 170.0 1962 29 CLE AL OF 33 51 2 2 1 .964 .980 1.61 1.92 2.13 2.19 29 224.0 RF 30 45 2 2 1 .959 .979 1.57 1.71 1.99 2.00 28 213.0 LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.60 3.27 2.05 1 11.0 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 8.75 4.50 9.45 2 10.0 1963 30 CLE AL OF 18 16 1 0 0 1.000 .983 0.94 1.91 1.31 2.16 16 116.7 RF 17 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 0.94 1.72 1.24 2.01 16 115.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 CIN NL C 8 37 4 3 0 .932 .986 5.12 6.03 6.36 7.08 7 58.0 1 4 6 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 29 CLE AL 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 8.75 4.50 9.45 2 10.0 1958 25 STL NL C 48 287 23 2 2 .994 .988 6.46 5.19 6.83 6.06 48 408.3 8 20 23 9 1959 26 STL NL C 11 34 3 0 0 1.000 .989 3.36 5.24 8.93 6.35 4 37.3 0 1 1 0 1961 28 WSA AL C 79 326 22 5 3 .986 .989 4.41 5.44 4.81 6.21 75 651.0 13 29 36 10 1963 30 CIN NL C 8 37 4 3 0 .932 .986 5.12 6.03 6.36 7.08 7 58.0 1 4 6 1 1962 29 CLE AL LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.60 3.27 2.05 1 11.0 1963 30 CLE AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1957 24 STL NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.07 0.67 2.30 3 27.0 1958 25 STL NL OF 75 141 12 7 3 .956 .980 2.04 1.95 2.20 2.26 71 625.3 1959 26 STL NL OF 19 28 6 2 2 .944 .977 1.79 1.90 2.22 2.21 16 138.0 1960 27 BAL AL OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 1961 28 WSA AL OF 21 28 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.98 1.48 2.25 21 170.0 1962 29 CLE AL OF 33 51 2 2 1 .964 .980 1.61 1.92 2.13 2.19 29 224.0 1963 30 CLE AL OF 18 16 1 0 0 1.000 .983 0.94 1.91 1.31 2.16 16 116.7 1957 24 STL NL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.73 0.67 1.97 3 27.0 1958 25 STL NL RF 75 138 12 5 3 .968 .978 2.00 1.73 2.16 2.02 71 625.3 1959 26 STL NL RF 19 27 6 2 1 .943 .979 1.74 1.64 2.15 1.96 16 138.0 1960 27 BAL AL RF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.12 1.91 1 8.0 1961 28 WSA AL RF 21 33 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.57 1.75 1.75 2.06 21 170.0 1962 29 CLE AL RF 30 45 2 2 1 .959 .979 1.57 1.71 1.99 2.00 28 213.0 1963 30 CLE AL RF 17 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 0.94 1.72 1.24 2.01 16 115.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total OF* 170 266 22 11 6 .963 .980 1.69 1.94 1.98 2.23 157 1309.0 4 0 166# RF* 166 260 22 9 5 .969 .978 1.70 1.72 1.96 2.01 156 1297.0 C* 146 684 52 10 5 .987 .988 5.04 5.37 5.74 6.20 134 1154.7 22 54 66 20 LF* 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.60 3.00 2.02 1 12.0 1B* 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 8.75 4.50 9.45 2 10.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 318 955 74 21 11 .980 .986 3.24 3.56 3.74 4.12 293 2474
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1958 NL-7-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1958 NL-24-1
1961 AL-26-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1959: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Charles Staniland (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Nieman.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1960 expansion draft.

October 5, 1961: Traded by the Washington Senators with Dick Donovan and Jim Mahoney to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Piersall.

August 1, 1963: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Taylor.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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