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Gene Desautels

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: June 13, 1907 in Worcester, MA us

Died: November 5, 1994 in Flint, MI

Buried: New Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Flint, MI

School: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)

Debut: June 22, 1930 (Age 23-009d, 7,097th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1946 (Age 39-101d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Eugene Abraham Desautels

Nicknames: Red

Pronunciation: \deh-ZUH-tell\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

2012

469

.233

211

RBI

187

OBP

.315

SLG

.285

OPS

.600

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	41-30 / in Starts: 40-29
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	68 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 13 bases loaded PA and 11 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 261 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	145 (65-53-27) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 261 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	170 (87-54-28)

Most Driven In
J Tabor	4
J Foxx	3
J Cronin	3
T Williams	2
L Finney	1
B Doerr	1
T Carey	1

Most Driven In By
D Cramer	6
L Finney	4
B Doerr	2
D DiMaggio	1
T Williams	1
H Hash	1
L Grove	0

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	384	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.65	-0.046	1.76	-0.08%	-0.46	C
2	385	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	.45	-0.031	1.32	-0.05%	-0.10	C
3	386	3	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	8	1.02	0.033	3.16	0.06%	0.21	C
4	387	5 (1)	Apr 23	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	8	.40	0.066	1.23	0.12%	1.38	C
5	388	6	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,6-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.389	.267	.656	8	1.00	-0.040	3.20	-0.08%	-0.48	C
6	389	8 (1)	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.211	.529	8	.65	-0.067	1.96	-0.12%	-1.30	C
7	390	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.261	.607	8	.61	-0.067	1.81	-0.12%	-0.83	C
8	391	10	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.323	.250	.573	8	.14	-0.010	.46	-0.02%	-0.59	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	392	12 (1)	May 1	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.233	.324	.233	.557	8	.55	-0.013	1.77	-0.03%	-0.22	C
10	393	13	May 3	BOS		SLB	W,9-8	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.212	.297	.212	.509	8	1.43	-0.116	4.82	-0.24%	-0.97	C
11	394	14	May 4	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.317	.200	.517	8	.86	0.004	3.04	0.01%	0.59	C
12	395	15	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.295	.184	.480	8	.68	-0.053	2.95	-0.14%	-0.92	C
13	396	17 (1)	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	1.02	0.148	4.36	0.38%	2.31	C
14	397	18	May 8	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.205	.327	.205	.531	8						C
15	398	19	May 9	BOS		DET	W,6-5	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.304	.188	.491	8	1.13	-0.123	5.37	-0.35%	-1.12	C
16	399	20	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.293	.180	.473	8	.96	-0.050	3.90	-0.12%	-0.43	C
17	400	21	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-8	9-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.180	.293	.180	.473	8	2.59	-0.003	10.92	-0.01%	-0.20	C
18	401	23 (1)	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.286	.182	.468	8	.88	-0.007	4.09	-0.02%	-0.65	C
19	402	24	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.169	.279	.169	.449	8	.70	-0.090	3.38	-0.26%	-2.19	C
20	403	25	May 20	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.164	.282	.164	.446	8	1.64	-0.135	8.84	-0.44%	-1.53	C
21	404	26	May 21	BOS	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.293	.200	.493	8	.55	0.064	2.90	0.21%	0.45	C
22	405	28 (1)	May 26	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	CG	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.206	.308	.265	.572	8	.67	0.050	3.08	0.14%	0.52	C
23	406	29	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.317	.278	.595	8	.97	0.019	4.38	0.05%	0.50	C
24	407	30	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.221	.310	.273	.583	8	.74	0.027	3.45	0.08%	0.20	C
25	408	31	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.300	.263	.563	8	.55	-0.043	2.87	-0.13%	-0.68	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	409	33 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.298	.262	.560	8	.61	-0.028	2.91	-0.08%	-0.44	C
27	410	34	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.286	.250	.536	8	.53	-0.056	2.65	-0.17%	-0.98	C
28	411	35	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.198	.277	.242	.519	8	.94	-0.135	4.43	-0.38%	-1.91	C
29	412	38 (2)	Jun 5	BOS		SLB	L,3-4	GS-13	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.274	.250	.524	8	1.09	-0.121	4.79	-0.32%	-0.69	C
30	413	39	Jun 6	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.250	.523	8	2.69	-0.258	11.47	-0.66%	-2.15	C
31	414	40	Jun 7	BOS		DET	L,1-7	GS-9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.292	.250	.542	8	.41	0.044	2.22	0.15%	0.82	C
32	415	41	Jun 8	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.299	.252	.552	8	1.40	0.044	7.56	0.14%	0.21	C
33	416	42	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.298	.245	.543	8	.47	0.024	2.50	0.08%	-0.27	C
34	417	43	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,9-5	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.306	.250	.556	8	1.19	0.092	6.49	0.30%	0.55	C
35	418	44	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.320	.248	.568	8	1.16	0.099	5.67	0.29%	1.29	C
36	419	45	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.311	.239	.550	8	.50	-0.057	2.38	-0.16%	-1.02	C
37	420	46	Jun 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.307	.231	.537	8	1.12	-0.111	5.49	-0.33%	-0.77	C
38	421	47	Jun 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.187	.301	.228	.528	8	.28	-0.047	1.38	-0.14%	-1.10	C
39	422	48	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-11	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.297	.224	.521	8	.85	-0.045	4.12	-0.13%	-0.45	C
40	423	49	Jun 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.302	.227	.529	8	1.30	0.014	6.41	0.04%	0.09	C
41	424	51 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-11	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.320	.252	.572	8	1.06	0.239	4.75	0.64%	2.38	C
42	425	52	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.318	.252	.570	8	.78	-0.034	4.51	-0.12%	-0.35	C
43	426	53	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.319	.248	.567	8	1.33	-0.061	7.65	-0.21%	-0.57	C
44	427	54	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.321	.252	.573	8	1.07	0.067	5.83	0.22%	0.65	C
45	428	56 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.317	.257	.574	8	.44	-0.045	2.23	-0.14%	-0.86	C
46	429	58 (1)	Jun 26	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.205	.314	.253	.567	8						C
47	430	59	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.209	.320	.264	.583	8	1.83	-0.079	7.05	-0.18%	0.01	C
48	431	60	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.313	.257	.569	8	1.07	-0.113	3.96	-0.25%	-0.92	C
49	432	61	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.201	.313	.253	.566	8						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	433	63 (1)	Jul 1	BOS		PHA	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.203	.311	.253	.565	8	.67	0.012	2.31	0.03%	-0.65	C
51	434	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.314	.256	.570	8	.83	0.027	2.85	0.06%	0.21	C
52	435	68 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.201	.307	.250	.557	8	.68	-0.078	2.29	-0.16%	-1.59	C
53	436	69	Jul 5	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0			0	0	0	.202	.309	.250	.559	8						C
54	437	70	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.247	.557	8	.96	-0.004	3.11	-0.01%	0.05	C
55	438	71	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.201	.308	.247	.556	8	.38	-0.011	1.28	-0.02%	-0.07	C
56	439	74 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.304	.243	.547	8	1.62	-0.130	5.86	-0.28%	-0.94	C
57	440	76 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.300	.239	.538	8	1.73	-0.143	4.12	-0.20%	-1.38	C
58	441	86 (9)	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-0	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.208	.310	.257	.566	8						C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	442	108 (21)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	3-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.313	.257	.570	9	.93	0.039	1.63	0.04%	0.62	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	443	138 (29)	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.313	.254	.567	8	1.50	-0.017	.21	0.00%	-0.30	C
61	444	139	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.317	.255	.572	8	1.15	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.86	C
62	445	141 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.205	.314	.253	.566	8						C
63	446	142	Sep 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.313	.253	.565	8	.75	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
64	447	143	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-11	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.313	.254	.567	8	.83	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
65	448	145 (1)	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.317	.256	.574	8	1.33	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
66	449	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.325	.262	.587	8	1.24	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.66	C
67	450	148 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.218	.324	.262	.586	8						C
68	451	149	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.322	.262	.584	8	.89	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-1.17	C
69	452	150	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	W,24-4	CG	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.219	.323	.260	.583	8	.22	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.66	C
70	453	152 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.321	.260	.582	8	.48	0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
71	454	153	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.225	.328	.266	.594	8						C
							41-30		261	222	19	50	7	1	0	17	32	0	13	2	5		1	7	0	1	.225	.328	.266	.594		.89	-1.382	3.25	-3.12%	-18.08

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