Gene Michael
Eugene Richard Michael (Stick)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: June 2, 1938 in Kent, OH
High School: East (Akron, OH)
School: Kent State University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1966
Final Game: September 9, 1975
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 PIT NL 28 SS 8 4 46.0 31 9 19 3 7 .903 -2.1 -54.8 -2.1 -0.1 -1.9 0 5.48 3.50 .968 4.97 4.42
1966 PIT NL 28 2B 2 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1966 PIT NL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1967 LAD NL 29 SS 83 66 600.2 338 117 204 17 30 .950 -7.4 -14.8 -6.4 -10.3 3.9 -1 4.81 3.87 .964 4.99 4.31
1968 NYY AL 30 SS 43 37 317.2 181 67 103 11 15 .939 -6.6 -24.9 -5.6 -4.2 -1.5 -1 4.82 3.95 .963 4.79 4.07
1968 NYY AL 30 P 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.70
1969 NYY AL 31 SS 118 112 1016.2 589 205 365 19 64 .968 1.9 2.2 1.9 0.6 1.3 0 5.05 4.83 .966 4.96 4.43
1970 NYY AL 32 SS 123 120 1073.2 655 248 379 28 78 .957 -7.4 -8.3 -6.4 -7.2 0.8 -1 5.26 5.10 .967 4.94 4.39
1970 NYY AL 32 3B 4 1 12.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 20.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 .950 3.08 2.68
1970 NYY AL 32 2B 3 3 27.0 20 11 9 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -8.9 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0 6.67 6.67 .980 5.33 4.63
1971 NYY AL 33 SS 136 128 1149.0 737 243 474 20 88 .973 5.3 5.5 6.3 -3.8 10.1 -1 5.62 5.27 .965 4.90 4.32
1972 NYY AL 34 SS 121 116 1005.0 676 218 437 21 89 .969 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -3.3 3.0 0 5.87 5.41 .967 4.99 4.51
1973 NYY AL 35 SS 129 127 1082.1 664 208 433 23 84 .965 -5.5 -6.1 -4.5 -8.2 3.7 -1 5.33 4.97 .963 5.10 4.43
1974 NYY AL 36 2B 45 39 323.1 198 86 106 6 29 .970 -0.8 -3.0 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 1 5.34 4.27 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 NYY AL 36 SS 39 13 169.1 101 35 63 3 11 .970 1.9 13.5 2.9 1.3 1.6 -1 5.21 2.51 .964 4.98 4.24
1974 NYY AL 36 3B 2 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 1.00 .950 3.06 2.75
1975 DET AL 37 SS 44 31 293.1 161 52 99 10 23 .938 -4.0 -16.4 -4.0 -2.8 -1.2 0 4.63 3.43 .960 4.85 4.09
1975 DET AL 37 2B 7 6 58.0 32 9 23 0 5 1.000 1.6 33.1 1.6 1.2 0.5 0 4.97 4.57 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 DET AL 37 3B 4 1 15.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -56.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.2 0 3.00 1.25 .960 3.18 2.80
10 Seasons SS 844 754 6753.2 4133 1402 2576 155 489 .962 -24.1 -4.3 -18.1 -38.0 19.8 -6 5.30 4.71 .965 4.96 4.36
4 Seasons 2B 57 48 412.1 252 107 139 6 35 .976 0.5 1.5 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 1 5.37 4.32 .976 5.37 4.59
4 Seasons 3B 11 2 33.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -25.5 -0.7 -0.4 -0.4 0 2.45 0.82 .956 3.11 2.74
1 Season P 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.70
10 Seasons TOT 913 804 7202.0 4395 1513 2721 161 524 .963 -24.3 -4.0 -19.3 -37.9 18.4 -5 5.29 4.64 .929 4.98 4.35
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1966 PIT NL 28 30 4 30 30 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 10 10
1967 LAD NL 29 98 66 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 2 18
1968 NYY AL 30 61 37 61 61 1 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 19
1969 NYY AL 31 119 112 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 1 1
1970 NYY AL 32 134 124 134 134 0 0 0 3 4 123 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 NYY AL 33 139 129 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 NYY AL 34 126 116 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 5 1
1973 NYY AL 35 129 127 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 36 81 52 81 80 0 0 0 45 2 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1975 DET AL 37 56 38 56 55 0 0 0 7 4 44 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
10 Seasons 973 805 973 971 1 0 0 57 11 844 0 0 0 0 0 34 53
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1966 PIT NL 28 203 58% 85% 33% 23 83% 0 9 3 5 1 19 12 7 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 7 4 0 3 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0
1967 LAD NL 29 2626 65% 78% 28% 288 88% 3 116 49 48 19 221 174 35 3 5 17 2 13 2 12 32 8 7 7 3 3 31 15 14 0 0 0
1968 NYY AL 30 1363 60% 80% 31% 148 86% 3 68 30 23 15 99 77 17 0 1 11 0 8 3 9 14 5 2 2 3 0 13 7 5 1 1 0
1969 NYY AL 31 4382 64% 79% 29% 470 90% 3 208 95 90 25 367 280 72 2 9 19 2 14 3 15 66 22 5 20 4 3 60 28 28 5 4 0
1970 NYY AL 32 4627 61% 80% 30% 506 88% 4 250 104 114 33 381 292 77 2 4 28 4 22 2 23 78 24 6 25 9 4 71 30 40 5 2 3
1971 NYY AL 33 4917 64% 81% 33% 565 92% 3 242 96 117 30 473 349 108 3 5 20 2 16 2 17 87 31 6 26 10 4 83 38 42 3 2 0
1972 NYY AL 34 4287 68% 82% 34% 522 92% 7 221 87 110 24 437 319 103 4 12 21 0 14 7 14 91 33 8 26 9 5 82 41 41 9 3 5
1973 NYY AL 35 4699 64% 81% 30% 515 90% 6 207 87 97 24 431 311 103 3 5 23 1 15 7 20 87 34 6 25 9 3 79 40 37 5 5 0
1974 NYY AL 36 738 63% 79% 31% 73 89% 1 36 7 24 5 66 51 13 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 11 0 3 6 0 1 10 3 7 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 37 1401 57% 77% 25% 116 92% 1 51 19 21 11 96 67 25 0 6 10 1 6 3 6 23 10 2 7 0 1 22 13 8 1 0 0
10 Seasons 29243 64% 80% 31% 3226 90% 31 1408 577 649 187 2590 1932 560 17 50 155 13 111 31 119 496 171 45 147 47 24 458 219 225 29 17 8
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1966 PIT NL 28 14 64% 71% 36% 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 0
1970 NYY AL 32 119 63% 85% 32% 14 93% 0 11 5 6 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 33 35 43% 83% 46% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 36 1420 61% 79% 30% 132 90% 0 86 28 45 13 110 92 15 1 1 6 0 6 0 6 29 10 7 8 0 28 8 17 1 0 1
1975 DET AL 37 251 45% 76% 26% 23 100% 0 9 1 7 1 22 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 1 0 1
5 Seasons 1839 58% 79% 30% 173 92% 0 109 35 60 14 145 122 19 2 1 6 0 6 0 6 36 12 7 10 2 34 12 19 2 0 2
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 PIT NL 28 5 80% 80% 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
1970 NYY AL 32 55 75% 65% 29% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 36 19 58% 74% 21% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 37 71 52% 73% 21% 4 100% 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
4 Seasons 150 62% 71% 23% 7 100% 0 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 NYY AL 30 16 75% 13% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 16 75% 13% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

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

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