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Gene Michael
Eugene Richard Michael (Stick)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 183 lb.
School Kent State University

Debut July 15, 1966
  vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 9, 1975
Born June 2, 1938 in Kent, OH

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 28 PIT NL  30   33    9    5   2  1   0    2   0  0   0   7  .152  .152  .273   15    9   0   0   0   0   1
 1967 29 LAD NL  98  223   20   45   3  1   0    7   1  3  11  30  .202  .246  .224   41   50   9   0   0   2   4
 1968 30 NYY AL  61  116    8   23   3  0   1    8   3  2   2  23  .198  .218  .250   45   29   0   0   0   1   2
 1969 31 NYY AL 119  412   41  112  24  4   2   31   7  4  43  56  .272  .341  .364  101  150   6   2   1   1   9
 1970 32 NYY AL 134  435   42   93  10  1   2   38   3  1  50  93  .214  .292  .255   56  111   4   4   5   0   8
 1971 33 NYY AL 139  456   36  102  15  0   3   35   3  3  48  64  .224  .299  .276   69  126   3   4   8   3  17
 1972 34 NYY AL 126  391   29   91   7  4   1   32   4  2  32  45  .233  .290  .279   72  109   2   4   4   1  11
 1973 35 NYY AL 129  418   30   94  11  1   3   47   1  3  26  51  .225  .270  .278   57  116   1   1   0   0  12
 1974 36 NYY AL  81  177   19   46   9  0   0   13   0  0  14  24  .260  .313  .311   81   55   1   1   0   0   6
 1975 37 DET AL  56  145   15   31   2  0   3   13   0  0   8  28  .214  .253  .290   51   42   4   1   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     973 2806  249  642  86 12  15  226  22 18 234 421  .229  .288  .284   67  797  30  17  18   8  73
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        467   41  107  14  2   2   38   4  3  39  70  .229  .288  .284   67  133   5   3   3   1  12
 Career High    139  456   42  112  24  4   3   47   7  4  50  93  .272  .341  .364  101  150   9   4   8   3  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 28 PIT NL   33   29    1   0.9    96| .152  .265| .152  .323| .273  .399| .425  .722|  15  .059  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1967 29 LAD NL  245  194   12   1.7    83| .202  .247| .246  .308| .224  .363| .470  .672|  41  .170 -16.4  -1.8  25%
 1968 30 NYY AL  119   97    6   1.7    77| .198  .233| .218  .302| .250  .346| .468  .648|  45  .203  -8.0  -0.9  60%
 1969 31 NYY AL  464  321   52   4.4    91| .272  .250| .341  .326| .364  .377| .705  .702| 101  .516   1.7   0.2  63%
 1970 32 NYY AL  493  359   35   2.6    93| .214  .252| .292  .325| .255  .385| .547  .710|  56  .288 -24.4  -2.5  75%
 1971 33 NYY AL  514  381   37   2.6    87| .224  .248| .299  .319| .276  .368| .575  .687|  69  .312 -16.8  -1.8  50%
 1972 34 NYY AL  430  319   31   2.6    81| .233  .243| .290  .311| .279  .351| .569  .662|  72  .354 -13.4  -1.5  66%
 1973 35 NYY AL  446  341   29   2.3    91| .225  .256| .270  .324| .278  .376| .548  .701|  57  .235 -24.4  -2.5  25%
 1974 36 NYY AL  193  139   17   3.3    88| .260  .257| .313  .322| .311  .370| .624  .691|  81  .397  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1975 37 DET AL  158  122   11   2.4    96| .214  .262| .253  .333| .290  .386| .543  .719|  51  .259 -10.2  -1.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3095 2302  231   2.7    88| .229  .250| .288  .320| .284  .371| .572  .691|  67  .319 -119.6 -12.6  55%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1968 30 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    5    5    0   0    0    3   1   0    16   0   0  0.00  2.86  inf 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    5    5    0   0    0    3   1   0    16   0   0  0.00  2.86  inf 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  204.0  340  340    0   0    0  204  68   0  1088   0   0  0.00  2.86  inf 1.667

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1966 28 PIT NL SS 8 9 19 3 7 .903 .966 3.50 4.42 5.48 4.97 4 46.0 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 4.50 5.40 0 4.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1967 29 LAD NL SS 83 117 204 17 30 .950 .963 3.87 4.31 4.81 4.99 66 600.7 1968 30 NYY AL SS 43 67 103 11 15 .939 .962 3.95 4.07 4.82 4.79 37 317.7 P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.70 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 1969 31 NYY AL SS 118 205 365 19 64 .968 .966 4.83 4.43 5.05 4.96 112 1016.7 1970 32 NYY AL SS 123 248 379 28 78 .957 .967 5.10 4.39 5.26 4.94 120 1073.7 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.67 1.50 3.07 1 12.0 2B 3 11 9 0 1 1.000 .980 6.67 4.63 6.67 5.33 3 27.0 1971 33 NYY AL SS 136 243 474 20 88 .973 .965 5.27 4.32 5.62 4.90 128 1149.0 1972 34 NYY AL SS 121 218 437 21 89 .969 .967 5.41 4.51 5.87 4.99 116 1005.0 1973 35 NYY AL SS 129 208 433 23 84 .965 .963 4.97 4.43 5.33 5.10 127 1082.3 1974 36 NYY AL 2B 45 86 106 6 29 .970 .975 4.27 4.56 5.34 5.37 39 323.3 SS 39 35 63 3 11 .970 .965 2.51 4.24 5.21 4.98 13 169.3 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.75 3.60 3.06 0 5.0 1975 37 DET AL SS 44 52 99 10 23 .938 .959 3.43 4.09 4.63 4.85 31 293.3 2B 7 9 23 0 5 1.000 .976 4.57 4.73 4.97 5.40 6 58.0 3B 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.80 3.00 3.18 1 15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1966 28 PIT NL 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 4.50 5.40 0 4.0 1970 32 NYY AL 2B 3 11 9 0 1 1.000 .980 6.67 4.63 6.67 5.33 3 27.0 1974 36 NYY AL 2B 45 86 106 6 29 .970 .975 4.27 4.56 5.34 5.37 39 323.3 1975 37 DET AL 2B 7 9 23 0 5 1.000 .976 4.57 4.73 4.97 5.40 6 58.0 1966 28 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1970 32 NYY AL 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.67 1.50 3.07 1 12.0 1974 36 NYY AL 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.75 3.60 3.06 0 5.0 1975 37 DET AL 3B 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.80 3.00 3.18 1 15.0 1968 30 NYY AL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.70 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 1966 28 PIT NL SS 8 9 19 3 7 .903 .966 3.50 4.42 5.48 4.97 4 46.0 1967 29 LAD NL SS 83 117 204 17 30 .950 .963 3.87 4.31 4.81 4.99 66 600.7 1968 30 NYY AL SS 43 67 103 11 15 .939 .962 3.95 4.07 4.82 4.79 37 317.7 1969 31 NYY AL SS 118 205 365 19 64 .968 .966 4.83 4.43 5.05 4.96 112 1016.7 1970 32 NYY AL SS 123 248 379 28 78 .957 .967 5.10 4.39 5.26 4.94 120 1073.7 1971 33 NYY AL SS 136 243 474 20 88 .973 .965 5.27 4.32 5.62 4.90 128 1149.0 1972 34 NYY AL SS 121 218 437 21 89 .969 .967 5.41 4.51 5.87 4.99 116 1005.0 1973 35 NYY AL SS 129 208 433 23 84 .965 .963 4.97 4.43 5.33 5.10 127 1082.3 1974 36 NYY AL SS 39 35 63 3 11 .970 .965 2.51 4.24 5.21 4.98 13 169.3 1975 37 DET AL SS 44 52 99 10 23 .938 .959 3.43 4.09 4.63 4.85 31 293.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 844 1402 2576 155 489 .962 .965 4.71 4.36 5.30 4.96 754 6753.7 2B* 57 107 139 6 35 .976 .976 4.32 4.59 5.37 5.37 48 412.3 3B* 11 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.82 2.74 2.45 3.11 2 33.0 P* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.70 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 913 1513 2721 161 524 .963 .966 4.64 4.35 5.29 4.98 804 7202
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. Hits
1967 NL-9-8

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

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1966: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Bob Bailey to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Maury Wills.

November 30, 1967: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

January 21, 1975: Released by the New York Yankees.

February 1, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 22, 1975: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

February 15, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

May 4, 1976: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


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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Name and misspellings: Eugene richards Richard Stick Gene eugene michaels Michael mike micheal

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