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Gil English
Gilbert Raymond English

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 20, 1931
Final Game June 11, 1944
Born July 2, 1909 in Glenola, NC
Died August 31, 1996 in Trinity, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 21 NYG NL   3    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   3  .000  .111  .000  -67    0   0           0    
 1932 22 NYG NL  59  204   22   46   7  5   2   19   0      5  20  .225  .244  .338   56   69   4           0    
 1936 26 DET AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1937 27 TOT     97  334   31   95   6  2   3   43   4  1  29  31  .284  .345  .341   90  114   2           2  11
         DET AL  18   65    6   17   1  0   1    6   1  1   6   4  .262  .333  .323   65   21   0           1    
         BSN NL  79  269   25   78   5  2   2   37   3     23  27  .290  .348  .346   97   93   2           1  11
 1938 28 BSN NL  53  165   17   41   6  0   2   21   1     15  16  .248  .315  .321   83   53   1           1   7
 1944 34 BRO NL  27   79    4   12   3  0   1    7   0      6   7  .152  .212  .228   25   18   2           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      240  791   74  194  22  7   8   90   5  1  56  78  .245  .298  .321   72  254   9   0   0   3  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        534   50  131  15  5   5   61   3  1  38  53  .245  .298  .321   72  171   6   0   0   2  14
 Career High     97  334   31   95   7  5   3   43   4  1  29  31  .284  .345  .341   90  114   4   0   0   2  11
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 21 NYG NL    9    8    0   0.0   102| .000  .283| .111  .341| .000  .399| .111  .741| -67  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
 1932 22 NYG NL  213  162   17   2.8   102| .225  .282| .244  .334| .338  .408| .582  .742|  56  .282 -13.6  -1.3     
 1936 26 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0   121| .000  .299| .000  .374| .000  .439| .000  .813|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1937 27 TOT     367  253   39   4.1    98| .284  .273| .345  .337| .341  .392| .686  .728|  90  .443  -4.0  -0.3  80%
         DET AL   72   49    7   3.8   119| .262  .292| .333  .368| .323  .436| .656  .804|  65  .353  -3.6  -0.3  50%
         BSN NL  295  204   32   4.2    93| .290  .269| .348  .329| .346  .381| .694  .710|  97  .466  -0.4   0.0     
 1938 28 BSN NL  182  132   16   3.2    90| .248  .262| .315  .325| .321  .373| .636  .698|  83  .365  -3.1  -0.3     
 1944 34 BRO NL   87   71    4   1.5    92| .152  .266| .212  .332| .228  .373| .440  .706|  25  .133  -8.0  -0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       859  627   76   3.2    97| .245  .273| .298  .333| .321  .390| .619  .723|  72  .348 -30.9  -2.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 21 NYG NL 3B 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 2.73 1932 22 NYG NL 3B 39 40 81 9 11 .931 .945 3.10 2.74 SS 23 37 52 5 7 .947 .946 3.87 5.07 1936 26 DET AL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1937 27 TOT 3B 77 64 127 8 9 .960 .954 2.48 2.75 DET AL 2B 12 23 28 2 5 .962 .971 4.25 5.28 3B 6 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 1.50 3.07 BSN NL 3B 71 61 121 8 9 .958 .954 2.56 2.72 1938 28 BSN NL 3B 43 33 75 5 3 .956 .945 2.51 2.87 OF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.23 3 0 0 2B 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 5.40 SS 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 4.90 1944 34 BRO NL SS 13 12 33 4 6 .918 .953 3.46 4.85 3B 11 16 18 2 2 .944 .947 3.09 3.00 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.05
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 27 DET AL 2B 12 23 28 2 5 .962 .971 4.25 5.28 1938 28 BSN NL 2B 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 5.40 1944 34 BRO NL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.05 1931 21 NYG NL 3B 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 2.73 1932 22 NYG NL 3B 39 40 81 9 11 .931 .945 3.10 2.74 1936 26 DET AL 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.00 1937 27 TOT 3B 77 64 127 8 9 .960 .954 2.48 2.75 DET AL 3B 6 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 1.50 3.07 BSN NL 3B 71 61 121 8 9 .958 .954 2.56 2.72 1938 28 BSN NL 3B 43 33 75 5 3 .956 .945 2.51 2.87 1944 34 BRO NL 3B 11 16 18 2 2 .944 .947 3.09 3.00 1938 28 BSN NL OF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.23 3 0 0 1932 22 NYG NL SS 23 37 52 5 7 .947 .946 3.87 5.07 1938 28 BSN NL SS 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 4.90 1944 34 BRO NL SS 13 12 33 4 6 .918 .953 3.46 4.85
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 174 155 305 24 25 .950 .949 2.64 2.79 SS 38 50 85 9 13 .938 .948 3.55 4.98 2B 16 24 29 3 5 .946 .971 3.31 5.27 OF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.23 3 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 231 233 420 36 43 .948 .951 2.83 3.32
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.

Youngest Player
1931 NL-21-7

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 1, 1933: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Portland (PCL) for Joe Bowman.

June 4, 1937: Selected off waivers by the Boston Bees from the Detroit Tigers.

August 10, 1938: Traded by the Boston Bees with players to be named later, Johnny Riddle, and cash to the New York Yankees for Eddie Miller. The Boston Bees sent Bobby Reis (October 27, 1938), Johnny Babich (October 27, 1938), and Vince DiMaggio (February 4, 1939) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

November 1, 1943: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1943 rule 5 draft.


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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