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Gene Stephens
Glen Eugene Stephens

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 16, 1952
Final Game September 23, 1964
Born January 20, 1933 in Gravette, AR

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 19 BOS AL  21   53   10   12   5  0   0    5   4  2   3   8  .226  .268  .321   58   17   1           0   1
 1953 20 BOS AL  78  221   30   45   6  2   3   18   3  3  29  56  .204  .302  .290   57   64   2           2   1
 1955 22 BOS AL 109  157   25   46   9  4   3   18   0  0  20  34  .293  .374  .459  116   72   1   3   0   2   1
 1956 23 BOS AL 104   63   22   17   2  0   1    7   0  1  12  12  .270  .387  .349   87   22   0   0   0   0   1
 1957 24 BOS AL 120  173   25   46   6  4   3   26   0  2  26  20  .266  .353  .399  101   69   0   5   1   0   1
 1958 25 BOS AL 134  270   38   59  10  1   9   25   1  2  22  46  .219  .279  .363   71   98   1   1   1   1   5
 1959 26 BOS AL  92  270   34   75  13  1   3   39   5  2  29  33  .278  .353  .367   95   99   4   3   0   4   3
 1960 27 TOT AL 119  302   47   71  15  0   7   22   9  3  39  47  .235  .322  .354   83  107   1   3   0   1   0
         BOS AL  35  109    9   25   4  0   2   11   5  1  14  22  .229  .312  .321   70   35   0   2   0   0   0
         BAL AL  84  193   38   46  11  0   5   11   4  2  25  25  .238  .327  .373   91   72   1   1   0   1   0
 1961 28 TOT AL  94  241   26   49   8  1   4   28   4  3  30  34  .203  .297  .295   59   71   2   0   0   2   2
         BAL AL  32   58    4   11   2  0   0    2   1  1  14   7  .190  .347  .224   60   13   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  62  183   22   38   6  1   4   26   3  2  16  27  .208  .279  .317   59   58   2   0   0   2   2
 1962 29 KCA AL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -41    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 30 CHW AL   6   18    5    7   0  0   1    2   0  0   1   3  .389  .421  .556  174   10   1   0   0   0   0
 1964 31 CHW AL  82  141   21   33   4  2   3   17   1  2  21  28  .234  .335  .355   95   50   4   3   3   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     964 1913  283  460  78 15  37  207  27 20 233 322  .240  .325  .355   83  679  17  18   5  14  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        321   48   77  13  3   6   35   5  3  39  54  .240  .325  .355   83  114   3   3   1   2   3
 Career High    134  302   47   75  15  4   9   39   9  3  39  56  .278  .353  .367   95  107   4   5   3   4   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 19 BOS AL   57   45    4   2.4   103| .226  .269| .268  .350| .321  .393| .589  .743|  58  .269  -3.1  -0.3  66%
 1953 20 BOS AL  254  182   19   2.8   107| .204  .276| .302  .352| .290  .405| .592  .758|  57  .299 -13.8  -1.4  50%
 1955 22 BOS AL  183  116   29   6.7   110| .293  .277| .374  .358| .459  .412| .833  .770| 116  .667   3.8   0.4   0%
 1956 23 BOS AL   75   48    9   5.0   116| .270  .281| .387  .365| .349  .429| .736  .794|  87  .520  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1957 24 BOS AL  204  135   26   5.2   104| .266  .270| .353  .343| .399  .407| .752  .750| 101  .578   0.8   0.1   0%
 1958 25 BOS AL  295  220   27   3.3   103| .219  .268| .279  .338| .363  .408| .642  .746|  71  .380 -11.8  -1.2  33%
 1959 26 BOS AL  310  207   38   4.9   102| .278  .265| .353  .337| .367  .405| .720  .742|  95  .552  -0.7  -0.1  71%
 1960 27 TOT AL  346  238   39   4.4   102| .235  .264| .322  .338| .354  .404| .676  .741|  83  .492  -6.5  -0.6  75%
         BOS AL  125   87   13   4.0   104| .229  .267| .312  .341| .321  .408| .633  .749|  70  .451  -4.4  -0.4  83%
         BAL AL  221  151   26   4.6   100| .238  .262| .327  .336| .373  .401| .700  .737|  91  .515  -2.1  -0.2  66%
 1961 28 TOT AL  275  199   23   3.1   104| .203  .263| .297  .339| .295  .410| .592  .749|  59  .320 -14.0  -1.4  57%
         BAL AL   72   48    6   3.3   100| .190  .259| .347  .334| .224  .403| .571  .737|  60  .352  -2.6  -0.3  50%
         KCA AL  203  151   17   3.0   105| .208  .265| .279  .340| .317  .412| .596  .753|  59  .310 -11.4  -1.1  60%
 1962 29 KCA AL    5    4    0   0.0   106| .000  .268| .200  .341| .000  .417| .200  .758| -41  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1963 30 CHW AL   20   12    4   9.0    93| .389  .253| .421  .319| .556  .391| .977  .710| 174  .801   1.7   0.2   0%
 1964 31 CHW AL  171  118   18   4.1    94| .234  .252| .335  .320| .355  .392| .690  .712|  95  .486  -0.0   0.0  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2195 1524  236   4.2   103| .240  .267| .325  .341| .355  .406| .680  .747|  83  .470 -45.3  -4.5  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 19 BOS AL OF 13 24 1 1 0 .962 .980 1.92 2.18 2 0 11 1953 20 BOS AL OF 72 113 2 4 0 .966 .981 1.60 2.18 71 0 3 1955 22 BOS AL OF 75 82 7 5 1 .947 .982 1.19 2.08 71 4 0 1956 23 BOS AL OF 71 57 2 1 0 .983 .978 0.83 2.04 2.99 2.34 2 177.7 LF 70 52 2 0 0 1.000 .976 0.77 1.69 3.12 2.10 1 155.7 CF 2 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 3.00 2.50 4.50 2.78 0 12.0 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.90 2.07 1 10.0 1957 24 BOS AL OF 90 70 4 1 2 .987 .980 0.82 1.97 1.64 2.24 35 406.0 LF 76 48 3 1 1 .981 .981 0.67 1.70 1.75 2.10 20 262.0 RF 11 14 1 0 1 1.000 .974 1.36 1.68 1.39 1.93 10 97.0 CF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.50 2.40 1.72 2.72 5 47.0 1958 25 BOS AL OF 110 149 5 4 2 .975 .982 1.40 1.94 2.24 2.27 59 620.0 LF 93 86 4 2 1 .978 .979 0.97 1.62 2.06 2.09 32 392.3 CF 26 61 0 2 0 .968 .985 2.35 2.29 2.71 2.68 25 202.7 RF 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 1.44 1.98 2 25.0 1959 26 BOS AL OF 85 141 11 3 0 .981 .980 1.79 1.96 2.18 2.22 65 626.7 LF 61 81 7 2 0 .978 .980 1.44 1.68 1.94 2.06 40 408.3 CF 17 41 2 1 0 .977 .984 2.53 2.44 2.63 2.72 17 147.0 RF 8 19 2 0 0 1.000 .977 2.62 1.64 2.65 1.89 8 71.3 1960 27 TOT AL OF 108 180 7 4 0 .979 .982 1.73 1.95 2.36 2.25 76 713.0 TOT AL LF 56 55 2 1 0 .983 .983 1.02 1.67 2.13 2.14 21 241.0 TOT AL RF 50 82 3 3 0 .966 .974 1.70 1.68 2.37 1.95 37 323.3 TOT AL CF 24 45 1 0 0 1.000 .987 1.92 2.30 2.78 2.66 18 148.7 BOS AL OF 31 56 2 3 0 .951 .981 1.87 1.95 2.03 2.25 29 257.3 LF 21 39 2 1 0 .976 .983 1.95 1.67 2.21 2.14 19 167.3 RF 8 8 0 2 0 .800 .976 1.00 1.68 1.33 1.95 6 54.0 CF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 2.00 2.30 2.50 2.65 4 36.0 BAL AL OF 77 124 5 1 0 .992 .982 1.68 1.95 2.55 2.25 47 455.7 RF 42 74 3 1 0 .987 .973 1.83 1.68 2.57 1.95 31 269.3 LF 35 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.46 1.67 1.95 2.14 2 73.7 CF 19 35 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.89 2.30 2.87 2.66 14 112.7 1961 28 TOT AL OF 84 148 8 4 5 .975 .977 1.86 1.98 2.41 2.25 65 582.3 TOT AL CF 34 79 4 2 3 .976 .982 2.44 2.24 2.97 2.59 31 251.6 TOT AL LF 33 30 0 1 0 .968 .968 0.91 1.62 1.86 2.00 14 145.3 TOT AL RF 31 42 4 1 2 .979 .977 1.48 1.75 2.23 2.06 20 185.3 BAL AL OF 30 34 2 0 1 1.000 .978 1.20 1.98 1.87 2.25 18 173.0 LF 27 22 0 0 0 1.000 .969 0.81 1.62 1.92 2.00 9 103.3 RF 6 7 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 1.75 2.04 2.07 4 35.3 CF 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 1.60 2.24 2.10 2.60 5 34.3 KCA AL OF 54 114 6 4 4 .968 .977 2.22 1.98 2.64 2.25 47 409.3 CF 29 72 3 2 3 .974 .982 2.59 2.24 3.11 2.59 26 217.3 RF 25 35 3 1 1 .974 .977 1.52 1.75 2.28 2.06 16 150.0 LF 6 8 0 1 0 .889 .964 1.33 1.62 1.71 1.99 5 42.0 1963 30 CHW AL OF 5 8 2 1 0 .909 .980 2.00 1.90 2.14 2.16 5 42.0 RF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 2.33 1.73 2.62 2.02 3 24.0 LF 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.55 1.50 1.90 2 18.0 1964 31 CHW AL OF 59 91 2 3 1 .969 .980 1.58 1.79 2.54 2.04 34 329.0 LF 32 38 1 1 1 .975 .975 1.22 1.46 2.30 1.81 14 152.3 CF 25 46 1 2 0 .959 .981 1.88 2.13 2.94 2.45 17 144.0 RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 1.61 1.65 1.87 3 32.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 23 BOS AL CF 2 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 3.00 2.50 4.50 2.78 0 12.0 1957 24 BOS AL CF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.50 2.40 1.72 2.72 5 47.0 1958 25 BOS AL CF 26 61 0 2 0 .968 .985 2.35 2.29 2.71 2.68 25 202.7 1959 26 BOS AL CF 17 41 2 1 0 .977 .984 2.53 2.44 2.63 2.72 17 147.0 1960 27 TOT AL CF 24 45 1 0 0 1.000 .987 1.92 2.30 2.78 2.66 18 148.7 BOS AL CF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 2.00 2.30 2.50 2.65 4 36.0 BAL AL CF 19 35 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.89 2.30 2.87 2.66 14 112.7 1961 28 TOT AL CF 34 79 4 2 3 .976 .982 2.44 2.24 2.97 2.59 31 251.6 BAL AL CF 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 .988 1.60 2.24 2.10 2.60 5 34.3 KCA AL CF 29 72 3 2 3 .974 .982 2.59 2.24 3.11 2.59 26 217.3 1964 31 CHW AL CF 25 46 1 2 0 .959 .981 1.88 2.13 2.94 2.45 17 144.0 1956 23 BOS AL LF 70 52 2 0 0 1.000 .976 0.77 1.69 3.12 2.10 1 155.7 1957 24 BOS AL LF 76 48 3 1 1 .981 .981 0.67 1.70 1.75 2.10 20 262.0 1958 25 BOS AL LF 93 86 4 2 1 .978 .979 0.97 1.62 2.06 2.09 32 392.3 1959 26 BOS AL LF 61 81 7 2 0 .978 .980 1.44 1.68 1.94 2.06 40 408.3 1960 27 TOT AL LF 56 55 2 1 0 .983 .983 1.02 1.67 2.13 2.14 21 241.0 BOS AL LF 21 39 2 1 0 .976 .983 1.95 1.67 2.21 2.14 19 167.3 BAL AL LF 35 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.46 1.67 1.95 2.14 2 73.7 1961 28 TOT AL LF 33 30 0 1 0 .968 .968 0.91 1.62 1.86 2.00 14 145.3 BAL AL LF 27 22 0 0 0 1.000 .969 0.81 1.62 1.92 2.00 9 103.3 KCA AL LF 6 8 0 1 0 .889 .964 1.33 1.62 1.71 1.99 5 42.0 1963 30 CHW AL LF 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.55 1.50 1.90 2 18.0 1964 31 CHW AL LF 32 38 1 1 1 .975 .975 1.22 1.46 2.30 1.81 14 152.3 1952 19 BOS AL OF 13 24 1 1 0 .962 .980 1.92 2.18 2 0 11 1953 20 BOS AL OF 72 113 2 4 0 .966 .981 1.60 2.18 71 0 3 1955 22 BOS AL OF 75 82 7 5 1 .947 .982 1.19 2.08 71 4 0 1956 23 BOS AL OF 71 57 2 1 0 .983 .978 0.83 2.04 2.99 2.34 2 177.7 1957 24 BOS AL OF 90 70 4 1 2 .987 .980 0.82 1.97 1.64 2.24 35 406.0 1958 25 BOS AL OF 110 149 5 4 2 .975 .982 1.40 1.94 2.24 2.27 59 620.0 1959 26 BOS AL OF 85 141 11 3 0 .981 .980 1.79 1.96 2.18 2.22 65 626.7 1960 27 TOT AL OF 108 180 7 4 0 .979 .982 1.73 1.95 2.36 2.25 76 713.0 BOS AL OF 31 56 2 3 0 .951 .981 1.87 1.95 2.03 2.25 29 257.3 BAL AL OF 77 124 5 1 0 .992 .982 1.68 1.95 2.55 2.25 47 455.7 1961 28 TOT AL OF 84 148 8 4 5 .975 .977 1.86 1.98 2.41 2.25 65 582.3 BAL AL OF 30 34 2 0 1 1.000 .978 1.20 1.98 1.87 2.25 18 173.0 KCA AL OF 54 114 6 4 4 .968 .977 2.22 1.98 2.64 2.25 47 409.3 1963 30 CHW AL OF 5 8 2 1 0 .909 .980 2.00 1.90 2.14 2.16 5 42.0 1964 31 CHW AL OF 59 91 2 3 1 .969 .980 1.58 1.79 2.54 2.04 34 329.0 1956 23 BOS AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.90 2.07 1 10.0 1957 24 BOS AL RF 11 14 1 0 1 1.000 .974 1.36 1.68 1.39 1.93 10 97.0 1958 25 BOS AL RF 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 1.70 1.44 1.98 2 25.0 1959 26 BOS AL RF 8 19 2 0 0 1.000 .977 2.62 1.64 2.65 1.89 8 71.3 1960 27 TOT AL RF 50 82 3 3 0 .966 .974 1.70 1.68 2.37 1.95 37 323.3 BOS AL RF 8 8 0 2 0 .800 .976 1.00 1.68 1.33 1.95 6 54.0 BAL AL RF 42 74 3 1 0 .987 .973 1.83 1.68 2.57 1.95 31 269.3 1961 28 TOT AL RF 31 42 4 1 2 .979 .977 1.48 1.75 2.23 2.06 20 185.3 BAL AL RF 6 7 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 1.75 2.04 2.07 4 35.3 KCA AL RF 25 35 3 1 1 .974 .977 1.52 1.75 2.28 2.06 16 150.0 1963 30 CHW AL RF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .986 2.33 1.73 2.62 2.02 3 24.0 1964 31 CHW AL RF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 1.61 1.65 1.87 3 32.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF* 772 1063 51 31 11 .973 .980 1.44 1.99 341 3496.7 567 138 129# LF* 423 391 21 8 3 .981 .978 0.97 1.65 144 1775.0 CF* 134 287 8 8 3 .974 .984 2.20 2.28 113 953.0 RF* 115 174 11 5 4 .974 .976 1.61 1.70 84 768.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 772 1063 51 31 11 .973 .980 1.44 1.99
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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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.

Youngest Player
1952 AL-19-1
1953 AL-20-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2760) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

June 9, 1960: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Willie Tasby.

June 8, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Marv Throneberry.

Before 1963 Season: Sent from the Kansas City Athletics to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.


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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