Gene Patton
From BR Bullpen
Gene Tunney Patton
- Bats Left, Throws Right
- Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.
- Debut June 17, 1944
- Final Game June 17, 1944
- Born July 8, 1926 in Coatesville, PA USA
- Died June 25, 2009 in Lancaster, PA USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Gene Patton appeared in one game in the majors.
One of fifteen children, he and his brothers formed a baseball team by themselves. The six sisters formed a basketball team. He played baseball, football and basketball in high school.
He went into the Army in August 1944.
His 1946 playing season was interrupted by rheumatic fever. The book The Minor League Milwaukee Brewers states that he first got the fever while in the Army.
Main source: Baseball in Wartime.
[edit] Further Reading
- Richard Tellis: Once Around The Bases, Triumph Books, Chicago, 1998, pp. 81-90.
