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Gene Green

Gene Leroy Green

Positions: Rightfielder, Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 26, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Senators/Indians/Reds/Orioles 1957-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: May 23, 1981 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1952	19	STL-min	D	66	259	259		91	14	15	3						.351	.351	.556	.907		144							PAD · KITL
1953	20	STL-min	C	115	473	473		130	24	7	12						.275	.275	.431	.706		204							FRE · CALL
1954	21	STL-min	D,C	126	510	510		175	37	1	37						.343	.343	.637	.980		325							ARD,JOP · SOSL,WA
1955	22	STL-min	B,A	126	505	505		161	33	4	24						.319	.319	.543	.861		274							PEO,CBS · IIIL,SALL
1956	23	STL-min	AAA	121	460	424	57	127	25	3	23	96	0		24	49	.300	.343	.535	.878		227		6	2	4			ROC · IL
1957	24	STL-min	AAA	148	596	542	70	162	28	5	20	87	3		44	64	.299	.351	.480	.830		260		3	0	7			ROC · IL
1957	24	STL	NL	6	16	15	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.188	.267	.454	20	4	1	0	0	1	0	/9
1958	25	STL	NL	137	489	442	47	124	18	3	13	55	2	1	37	48	.281	.333	.423	.756	95	187	24	1	2	7	4	92
1959	26	STL-min	AAA	102	427	394	56	120	24	2	19	71	1		24	61	.305	.352	.520	.872		205		6	1	2	5		ROC · IL
1959	26	STL	NL	30	79	74	8	14	6	0	1	3	0	0	5	18	.189	.241	.311	.551	42	23	1	0	0	0	1	92
1960	27	BAL-min	AAA	136	532	460	51	126	19	2	18	77	0	4	63	53	.274	.360	.441	.801		203		2	1	6			MIA · IL
1960	27	BAL	AL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1961	28	WSA	AL	110	405	364	52	102	16	3	18	62	0	2	35	65	.280	.341	.489	.830	125	178	26	1	0	5	5	29
1962	29	CLE	AL	66	153	143	16	40	4	1	11	28	0	0	8	21	.280	.316	.552	.868	132	79	6	0	0	1	0	9/73
1963	30	TOT	MLB	58	117	109	7	23	4	0	3	10	0	0	4	30	.211	.256	.330	.587	65	36	5	3	0	1	0	9/27
1963	30	CLE	AL	43	85	78	4	16	3	0	2	7	0	0	4	22	.205	.259	.321	.579	62	25	4	2	0	1	0	9/7
1963	30	CIN	NL	15	32	31	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	8	.226	.250	.355	.605	70	11	1	1	0	0	0	/2
1964	31	CIN-CHW-min	AA,AAA	52	153	141	23	38	6	0	10	26	0	0	12	35	.270	.327	.525	.852		74		0	0	0			MAC,INA · SOUL,PCL
7 Yrs				408	1263	1151	130	307	49	7	46	160	2	3	89	185	.267	.318	.441	.760	102	508	63	5	2	15	10
162 Game Avg.				162	501	457	52	122	19	3	18	64	1	1	35	73	.267	.318	.441	.760	102	202	25	2	1	6	4

STL (3 yrs)				173	584	531	55	141	25	3	14	60	2	1	42	69	.266	.316	.403	.719	86	214	26	1	2	8	5
CLE (2 yrs)				109	238	221	20	56	7	1	13	35	0	0	12	43	.253	.295	.471	.766	108	104	10	2	0	2	0
WSA (1 yr)				110	405	364	52	102	16	3	18	62	0	2	35	65	.280	.341	.489	.830	125	178	26	1	0	5	5
CIN (1 yr)				15	32	31	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	8	.226	.250	.355	.605	70	11	1	1	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				220	647	589	72	159	23	4	31	97	0	2	47	108	.270	.324	.480	.804	118	283	36	3	0	7	5
NL (4 yrs)				188	616	562	58	148	26	3	15	63	2	1	42	77	.263	.313	.400	.713	85	225	27	2	2	8	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1957	24	STL	NL	6	16	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.466	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/9
1958	25	STL	NL	137	489	-2	-2	-3	1	-1	-7	-0.8	16	10	0.9	.495	.496	0.9	-0.1	9	$	92
1959	26	STL	NL	30	79	-6	0	0	1	-0	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.3	.482	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	92
1960	27	BAL	AL	1	4	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.388	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/9
1961	28	WSA	AL	110	405	13	-1	-4	-9	4	3	0.2	11	14	1.3	.503	.502	2.3	-0.6	23	$	29
1962	29	CLE	AL	66	153	6	-1	-1	-1	-2	1	0.1	4	6	0.5	.502	.501	0.7	-0.4	7	$	9/73
1963	30	CLE	AL	43	85	-4	0	-1	-3	-1	-8	-0.9	2	-5	-0.7	.480	.495	-0.3	-0.4	-2	$	9/7
1963	30	CIN	NL	15	32	-1	-0	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$	/2
7 Seasons				408	1263	5	-3	-8	-15	0	-21	-2.6	39	17	1.2	.494	.498	3.0	-1.7	32	$

STL (3 yrs)				173	584	-9	-2	-3	1	-1	-14	-1.5	20	6	0.5	.492	.497	0.4	-0.0	5	$
CLE (2 yrs)				109	238	2	-1	-1	-4	-2	-7	-0.8	7	0	-0.2	.493	.498	0.4	-0.8	4	$
WSA (1 yr)				110	405	13	-1	-4	-9	4	3	0.2	11	14	1.3	.503	.502	2.3	-0.6	23	$
CIN (1 yr)				15	32	-1	-0	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$
BAL (1 yr)				1	4	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.388	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1957	24	STL	NL	16	14	1	1.9	105	.231	.200	.271	.188	.335	.267	.419	.454	.754	20	.169	-1.6	-0.2	.308	.067	.067
1958	25	STL	NL	489	352	56	4.3	110	.286	.281	.276	.333	.344	.423	.430	.756	.775	95	.460	-3.5	-0.3	.659	.229	.143	3.5
1959	26	STL	NL	79	61	5	2.2	110	.236	.189	.277	.241	.344	.311	.429	.551	.773	42	.203	-6.3	-0.6	.459	.189	.122	.0
1960	27	BAL	AL	4	3	0	0.0	101	.250	.250	.262	.250	.336	.250	.401	.500	.737	37	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1961	28	WSA	AL	405	295	51	4.6	99	.294	.280	.257	.341	.331	.489	.400	.830	.730	125	.496	12.4	1.2	.731	.299	.209	.0
1962	29	CLE	AL	153	110	23	5.6	100	.259	.280	.259	.316	.331	.552	.404	.868	.736	132	.595	5.1	0.5	.798	.329	.273	.0
1963	30	TOT	MLB	117	92	8	2.4	93	.260	.211	.255	.256	.320	.330	.390	.587	.711	65	.264	-5.3	-0.6	.473	.156	.119	.0
1963	30	CLE	AL	85	67	6	2.4	94	.255	.205	.254	.259	.320	.321	.393	.579	.713	62	.267	-4.0	-0.4	.470	.167	.115	.0
1963	30	CIN	NL	32	25	2	2.2	92	.273	.226	.257	.250	.320	.355	.385	.605	.705	70	.251	-1.3	-0.1	.480	.129	.129	.0
7 Yrs				1263	927	144	4.2	104	.279	.267	.266	.318	.336	.441	.413	.760	.749	102	.455	0.4	0.0	.660	.251	.175	3.8
162 Game Avg.				501	368	57	4.2	104	.279	.267	.266	.318	.336	.441	.413	.760	.749	102	.455	0	0	.660	.251	.175	2

STL (3 yrs)				584	427	62	3.9	110	.279	.266	.276	.316	.344	.403	.430	.719	.774	86	.420	-11.5	-1.1	.619	.218	.137	3.5
CLE (2 yrs)				238	177	29	4.4	98	.257	.253	.258	.295	.327	.471	.400	.766	.728	108	.498	1.2	0.1	.674	.271	.217	.0
WSA (1 yr)				405	295	51	4.6	99	.294	.280	.257	.341	.331	.489	.400	.830	.730	125	.496	12.4	1.2	.731	.299	.209	.0
CIN (1 yr)				32	25	2	2.2	92	.273	.226	.257	.250	.320	.355	.385	.605	.705	70	.251	-1.3	-0.1	.480	.129	.129	.0
BAL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	101	.250	.250	.262	.250	.336	.250	.401	.500	.737	37	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

AL (4 yrs)				647	475	80	4.5	98	.280	.270	.257	.324	.330	.480	.400	.804	.729	118	.494	13.2	1.3	.707	.287	.211	.0
NL (4 yrs)				616	452	64	3.8	109	.278	.263	.275	.313	.343	.400	.428	.713	.770	85	.412	-12.8	-1.3	.611	.214	.137	3.5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	24	STL	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	0.0%	6.3%	33%		5.0		7.5	4.00	81%
1958	25	STL	NL	489	2.7%	9.8%	7.6%	7.0%	27%	1.30	9.2	34.0	8.0	1.77	79%
1959	26	STL	NL	79	1.3%	22.8%	6.3%	8.9%	50%	3.60	4.1	74.0	24.7	4.13	70%
1960	27	BAL	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.50	100%
1961	28	WSA	AL	405	4.4%	16.1%	8.6%	9.1%	36%	1.86	5.6	20.2	5.9	1.55	71%
1962	29	CLE	AL	153	7.2%	13.7%	5.2%	10.5%	40%	2.63	6.8	13.0	5.1	1.81	73%
1963	30	TOT	MLB	117	2.6%	25.6%	3.4%	6.0%	30%	7.50	3.6	36.3	10.9	1.38	66%
1963	30	CLE	AL	85	2.4%	25.9%	4.7%	5.9%	31%	5.50	3.5	39.0	11.1	2.00	65%
1963	30	CIN	NL	32	3.1%	25.0%	0.0%	6.3%	29%		3.9	31.0	10.3	0.55	69%
7 Yrs				1263	3.6%	14.7%	7.1%	8.1%	33%	2.08	6.2	25.0	7.2	1.74	74%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.7%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.59	6.5	37.9	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	24	STL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	17	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.12	-0.1	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.05	-1.2	1.15	3
1958	25	STL	NL	-2.9	-0.3	496	-1.1	9.1	-10.1	1.13	-0.1	-0.8	-9.8	-0.9	0.99	-4.0	1.28	13
1959	26	STL	NL	-6.3	-0.6	80	-0.9	1.0	-1.9	1.19	-0.5	-0.3	-8.5	-0.8	0.94	-5.8	3.22	2
1960	27	BAL	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.49	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.62	-0.5		0
1961	28	WSA	AL	11.8	1.2	413	0.1	8.5	-8.4	1.06	1.5	-1.4	2.7	0.3	1.01	17.0	2.74	11
1962	29	CLE	AL	5.1	0.5	153	-0.4	3.6	-3.9	1.32	0.3	-0.6	0.2	0.0	1.01	6.2	1.96	30
1963	30	TOT	MLB	-5.4	-0.6	119	-1.0	1.7	-2.7	1.20	-0.5	-0.3	-6.5	-0.7	1.00	-4.7	1.80	31
1963	30	CLE	AL	-4.0	-0.4	86	-0.9	1.2	-2.1	1.26	-0.3	-0.4	-5.8	-0.6	1.05	-3.2	1.76	24
1963	30	CIN	NL	-1.3	-0.1	33	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	1.05	-0.2	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.87	-1.5	1.96	7
7 Yrs				0.3	-0.0	1282	-3.4	24.1	-27.5	1.14	0.5	-3.6	-24.1	-2.4	1.00	6.9	1.90	90

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	24	STL	NL	1	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	STL	NL	9	0	23%	172	2	1	67%	2	1	2	5	7	39%	23	14	8	5	4	1	16	7	8
1959	26	STL	NL	1	0	39%	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	63%	3	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	4
1960	27	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	28	WSA	AL	9	0	28%	173	0	2	0%	0	2	0	4	9	51%	26	18	8	2	0	2	13	2	11
1962	29	CLE	AL	2	1	14%	31	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0%	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
1963	30	TOT	MLB	1	0	15%	21	0	0		0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
1963	30	CLE	AL	1	0	10%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1963	30	CIN	NL	0	0	29%	4	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	33%	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
7 Yrs				23	1	24%	430	2	3	40%	2	3	2	14	19	44%	56	35	18	11	6	4	35	11	23

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	24	STL	NL	16	19%	3			3	0	0	0	1.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	5	2	40%	12	2	17%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1958	25	STL	NL	489	38%	124			13	1	0	2	1.28	13	1	14	4	9	8	5	0	2	2	100%	106	24	23%	51	24	47%	331	48	15%	37	23	62%	16	6	38%	0
1959	26	STL	NL	79	51%	14			2	0	0	0	3.22	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	4	3	75%	55	2	4%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
1960	27	BAL	AL	4	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	28	WSA	AL	405	37%	102			11	2	1	1	2.74	18	1	13	9	9	6	12	0	0	0		103	26	25%	50	12	24%	306	48	16%	30	11	37%	14	8	57%	0
1962	29	CLE	AL	153	69%	40			30	10	3	8	1.96	11	0	5	3	8	5	6	0	0	0		35	6	17%	16	2	13%	125	18	14%	12	5	42%	6	1	17%	0
1963	30	TOT	MLB	117	71%	23			31	5	1	3	1.80	3	0	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	0		26	5	19%	12	1	8%	80	7	9%	7	2	29%	4	2	50%	0
1963	30	CLE	AL	85	67%	16			24	3	1	2	1.76	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		21	4	19%	10	1	10%	64	5	8%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	0
1963	30	CIN	NL	32	81%	7			7	2	0	1	1.96	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	16	2	13%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
7 Yrs				1263	45%	307			90	18	5	14	1.90	46	2	39	16	30	21	25	0	2	2	100%	285	63	22%	138	44	32%	911	125	14%	92	45	49%	42	18	43%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1957	24	6	16	15	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.188	.267	.454	20	4	1	0	0	1	0
1958	25	143	505	457	47	127	19	3	13	57	2	1	37	51	.278	.328	.418	.746	93	191	25	1	2	8	4
1959	26	173	584	531	55	141	25	3	14	60	2	1	42	69	.266	.316	.403	.719	86	214	26	1	2	8	5
1960	27	174	588	535	55	142	25	3	14	60	2	1	42	69	.265	.316	.402	.718	85	215	26	1	2	8	5
1961	28	284	993	899	107	244	41	6	32	122	2	3	77	134	.271	.326	.437	.763	101	393	52	2	2	13	10
1962	29	350	1146	1042	123	284	45	7	43	150	2	3	85	155	.273	.325	.453	.778	105	472	58	2	2	14	10
1963	30	408	1263	1151	130	307	49	7	46	160	2	3	89	185	.267	.318	.441	.760	102	508	63	5	2	15	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	24	6	18	17	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	.235	.222	.294	.516	1	6
1958	25	144	510	462	47	127	18	3	13	55	2	38	50	.275	.327	.411	.738	63	137
1959	26	31	82	77	8	14	6	0	1	3	0	5	19	.182	.232	.299	.530	5	30
1960	27	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1961	28	110	408	366	54	104	16	3	18	64	0	36	65	.284	.346	.492	.837	63	110
1962	29	66	153	144	17	41	4	1	11	29	0	8	21	.285	.320	.556	.876	26	66
1963	30	58	118	110	7	24	4	0	3	10	0	4	30	.218	.263	.336	.599	9	58
7 Yrs		416	1293	1180	133	314	49	7	46	164	2	91	188	.266	.318	.436	.754	167	408
162 Game Avg.		162	504	460	52	122	19	3	18	64	1	35	73	.266	.318	.436	.754	65	408

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1958 NL 7 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1958 NL 24 (1st) 1961 AL 26 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 NL 7 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 NL 24 (1st)
1961 AL 26 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Tom Brookens (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eugenio Velez (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Keith Moreland (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sean Berry (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Leyritz (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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