Gene Host

Eugene Earl Host (Twinkles or Slick)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 1, 1933 in Leeper, PA
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1956
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers 1956-1957

Final Game: June 23, 1957
Died: August 20, 1998 in Nashville, TN
Cremated
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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
1952	19	DET-min	D	45	107	107		27	5	1	1						.252	.252	.346	.598		37						KIN · COPL
1953	20	DET-min	A	36	71	71		22	3	1	2						.310	.310	.465	.775		33						MTG · SALL
1954	21	DET-min	A,B,AA	30	48	48		11	5	1	0						.229	.229	.375	.604		18						WKB,DHM,LRK · EL,CARL,SOUA
1955	22	DET-min	AA	44	65	65		7	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.215		7						LRK · SOUA
1956	23	DET-min	AAA	40	90	80	7	11	4	1	0	5	0		7	21	.138	.216	.213	.428		17	5	1	2	0		CHL · AA
1956	23	DET	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	24	NYY-OAK-min	AAA,AA	16	34	34		3	0	0	0						.088	.088	.000	.088		0						DEN,LRK,BFL · AA,SOUA,IL
1957	24	KCA	AL	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	25	BAL-CHW-min	AA,AAA	10	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.000	.167		0						SAN,INA · TL,AA
1960	27	-min	AA	8	15	15		5	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667		5						MTY · MEX
1961	28	MIN-min	AA	11	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.083	.154	.083	.237		1						NVL · SOUA
2 Seasons				12	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	95	95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

KCA (1 yr)				11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1956	23	DET	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1957	24	KCA	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				7	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

KCA (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
DET (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

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
1956	23	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.268	.000	.350	.000	.410	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1957	24	KCA	AL	5	5	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.337	.000	.399	.000	.736	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2 Seasons				7	7	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.266	.000	.341	.000	.402	.000	.743	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				95	95	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.266	.000	.341	.000	.402	.000	.743	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

KCA (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.337	.000	.399	.000	.736	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.268	.000	.350	.000	.410	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	23	DET	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1957	24	KCA	AL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				20%
2 Seasons				7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8				43%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.3%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.37	7.2	37.5	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1956	23	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	-0.0	.57	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.76	-0.6
1957	24	KCA	AL	-1.4	-0.1	4	-0.0	-0.0	.46	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.79	-1.1
2 Seasons				-2.0	-0.2	6	-0.1	-0.1	.50	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.78	-1.6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg
1956	23	DET	AL
1957	24	KCA	AL
2 Seasons

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
1956	23	DET	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	24	KCA	AL	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		1
2 Seasons				6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		1
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			32%			14%			49%			54%

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
1956	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	24	12	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1956	23	1	2	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
1957	24	12	5	5	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	11
2 Seasons		13	7	7	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	12
162 Game Avg.		162	87	87	50	.000	.000	.000	.000	12

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

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Name and misspellings: Eugene Earl eugene Gene Slick Twinkles Twinkles,Slick Host

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