Gene Green
Gene Leroy Green
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 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
Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: May 23, 1981 in St.Louis, MO
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1957 STL NL 24 OF 3 3 27.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -31.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.67 0.67 1.000 2.30 2.07
1957 STL NL 24 RF 3 3 27.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -31.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.67 0.67 .950 1.97 1.73
1958 STL NL 25 OF 75 71 625.1 160 141 12 7 3 .956 6.6 12.7 4.6 4.7 -0.1 2 2.20 2.04 .981 2.26 1.95
1958 STL NL 25 RF 75 71 625.1 155 138 12 5 3 .968 6.6 12.7 4.6 4.7 -0.1 2 2.16 2.00 .978 2.02 1.73
1958 STL NL 25 C 48 48 408.1 312 287 23 2 2 .994 -6.0 -17.6 -6 6.83 6.46 .988 6.06 5.19 8 20 23 9 28%
1959 STL NL 26 OF 19 16 138.0 36 28 6 2 2 .944 1.4 12.2 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 2 2.22 1.79 .978 2.21 1.90
1959 STL NL 26 RF 19 16 138.0 35 27 6 2 1 .943 1.4 12.2 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 2 2.15 1.74 .980 1.96 1.64
1959 STL NL 26 C 11 4 37.1 37 34 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.92 3.36 .989 6.34 5.24 0 1 1 0 0%
1960 BAL AL 27 OF 1 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1960 BAL AL 27 RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.70
1961 WSA AL 28 C 79 75 651.0 353 326 22 5 3 .986 -9.0 -16.6 -9 4.81 4.41 .989 6.21 5.44 13 29 36 10 22%
1961 WSA AL 28 OF 21 21 170.0 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 0.7 1.1 1.5 -0.4 -1 1.48 1.33 .975 2.25 1.98
1961 WSA AL 28 RF 21 21 170.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 0.7 1.1 1.5 -0.4 -1 1.75 1.57 .976 2.06 1.75
1962 CLE AL 29 OF 33 29 224.0 55 51 2 2 1 .964 -1.0 -5.4 -1.0 0.0 -0.9 0 2.13 1.61 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 CLE AL 29 RF 30 28 213.0 49 45 2 2 1 .959 -1.4 -7.9 -1.4 -0.2 -1.2 0 1.99 1.57 .980 2.00 1.71
1962 CLE AL 29 LF 3 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 43.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0 3.27 1.33 .975 2.05 1.60
1962 CLE AL 29 1B 2 2 10.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 4.50 2.50 .980 9.45 8.75
1963 CLE AL 30 OF 18 16 116.2 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -30.9 -3.0 -1.4 -1.7 0 1.31 0.94 .982 2.16 1.91
1963 CLE AL 30 RF 17 16 115.2 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -2.9 -30.1 -2.9 -1.3 -1.7 0 1.24 0.94 .981 2.01 1.72
1963 CLE AL 30 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1963 CIN NL 30 C 8 7 58.0 44 37 4 3 0 .932 -2.0 -41.4 -2 6.36 5.13 .986 7.08 6.02 1 4 6 1 14%
7 Seasons OF 170 157 1309.0 299 266 22 11 6 .963 2.7 2.5 -0.3 5.3 -5.6 3 1.98 1.69 .980 2.23 1.94
7 Seasons RF 166 156 1297.0 291 260 22 9 5 .969 2.4 2.2 -0.6 5.2 -5.9 3 1.96 1.70 .978 2.01 1.72
4 Seasons C 146 134 1154.2 746 684 52 10 5 .987 -17.0 -17.7 -17 5.74 5.04 .988 6.20 5.37 22 54 66 20 23%
2 Seasons LF 4 1 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 30.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0 3.00 1.00 .975 2.03 1.60
1 Season 1B 2 2 10.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 4.50 2.50 .980 9.45 8.75
7 Seasons TOT 318 293 2473.2 1050 955 74 21 11 .980 -14.7 -7.1 -0.7 5.1 -5.8 3 -17 3.74 3.24 .966 4.12 3.56 22 54 66 20 23%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 STL NL 24 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0
1958 STL NL 25 137 119 137 137 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 75 17 0
1959 STL NL 26 30 20 30 30 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 2 1
1960 BAL AL 27 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1961 WSA AL 28 110 96 110 110 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 12 0
1962 CLE AL 29 66 31 66 66 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 30 33 35 0
1963 CLE AL 30 43 16 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 18 27 0
1963 CIN NL 30 15 7 15 15 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Seasons 408 293 408 408 0 146 2 0 0 0 4 0 166 170 104 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 128 52% 73% 26% 7 29%
1958 STL NL 25 5 0 5 0 1 12 0 4 4 3 24 9 2 21 8 2 20 11 0 9 2 1 16 12 1 90 42 46.7% 42 6 6.7% 6 2733 56% 77% 29% 278 53%
1959 STL NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 17 6 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 26 8 30.8% 14 4 15.4% 2 614 49% 77% 28% 62 52%
1960 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 76% 59% 19% 1 100%
1961 WSA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 16 5 31.3% 11 0 0.0% 0 737 56% 80% 29% 61 54%
1962 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 8 3 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 4 0 22 10 45.5% 12 0 0.0% 2 968 61% 77% 26% 86 53%
1963 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 1 4 1 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 33.3% 11 1 5.6% 0 526 66% 73% 23% 42 38%
7 Seasons 9 0 9 0 3 22 0 8 6 5 62 22 5 39 12 3 30 20 0 20 2 2 26 19 1 177 75 42.4% 91 11 6.2% 11 5743 57% 77% 28% 537 52%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 61% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1958 STL NL 25 1831 3.79 4.37 33 100% 0 0 290 29 1 6 254 23 4 0 0 7 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1959 STL NL 26 163 5.06 5.06 1 100% 0 0 34 0 0 0 34 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 28 2944 4.38 5.09 37 95% 0 0 327 30 2 6 289 23 4 0 0 4 5 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 30 260 4.97 5.12 2 100% 0 0 35 2 0 0 33 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 5198 4.23 4.83 73 97% 0 0 686 61 3 12 610 51 8 1 0 13 12 0 3 9 1 6 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.84 4.34 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1958 STL NL 25 8 20 699 23 9 7 28% 17 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 64 9 1.33 1.06
1959 STL NL 26 0 1 53 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.41
1961 WSA AL 28 13 29 1074 36 10 10 22% 32 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 96 14 1.10 1.05
1963 CIN NL 30 1 4 86 6 1 1 14% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0.64 2.07
4 Seasons 22 54 1912 66 20 18 23% 55 18 11 1 0 1 1 0 178 25 1.14 1.11
MLB Averages 39% 1.19 1.18

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 58% 81% 28% 6 67%
1963 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 83% 50% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 57% 82% 31% 6 67%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 61% 78% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 CLE AL 29 50 56% 74% 12% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 50 56% 74% 12% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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