Gene DeMontreville
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Eugene Napoleon DeMontreville
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.
- Debut August 20, 1894
- Final Game April 26, 1904
- Born March 26, 1874 in St. Paul, MN USA
- Died February 18, 1935 in Memphis, TN USA
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A surprise about Gene DeMontreville is that similarity scores through 2006 shows one of the most similar players as a current player, David Eckstein. Both were infielders, both had adequate but not great hitting stats, both could steal a base. Eckstein is short by modern standards while DeMontreville stood 5 ft. 8 in.
He spent part of 1899 with the 1899 Baltimore Orioles, the first team that John McGraw managed.
At the time of his death he was concession manager of the Mid-South Fairgrounds in Memphis.
