Gene Conley
[edit] Biography
Born on November 10, 1930 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Gene Conley (Donald Eugene Conley) played for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Conley broke into the bigs on April 17, 1952 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 2.96 ERA in 194.1 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Gene Conley's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.95 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 134 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1952
| BOS
| N
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 7.82
| 6
| 16
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.2
| 23
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| 28
| 27
| 14
| 9
| 2.96
| 113
| 73
| 64
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 194.1
| 171
| 17
| 79
| 7
| 4
| 7
|
| 1955
| MIL
| N
| 22
| 21
| 11
| 7
| 4.16
| 107
| 81
| 73
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 158
| 152
| 23
| 52
| 9
| 2
| 1
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 31
| 19
| 8
| 9
| 3.13
| 68
| 74
| 55
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 158.1
| 169
| 13
| 52
| 10
| 3
| 2
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 35
| 18
| 9
| 9
| 3.16
| 61
| 63
| 52
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 148
| 133
| 9
| 64
| 5
| 6
| 2
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| 26
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 4.88
| 53
| 44
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 72
| 89
| 8
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 4
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 25
| 22
| 12
| 7
| 3.00
| 102
| 68
| 60
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 180
| 159
| 13
| 42
| 6
| 4
| 2
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 29
| 25
| 8
| 14
| 3.68
| 117
| 85
| 75
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 183.1
| 192
| 10
| 42
| 4
| 1
| 2
|
| 1961
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 30
| 11
| 14
| 4.91
| 113
| 116
| 109
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 199.2
| 229
| 33
| 65
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1962
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 33
| 15
| 14
| 3.95
| 134
| 116
| 106
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 241.2
| 238
| 28
| 68
| 5
| 5
| 5
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| 9
| 9
| 3
| 4
| 6.64
| 14
| 31
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40.2
| 51
| 4
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 200
| 142
| 62
| 64
| 3.49
| 627
| 504
| 429
| 54
| 9
| 7
| 1106.2
| 1088
| 97
| 357
| 42
| 22
| 22
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 76
| 72
| 29
| 32
| 4.57
| 261
| 263
| 245
| 15
| 4
| 2
| 482
| 518
| 65
| 154
| 7
| 5
| 9
|
| Total
|
|
| 276
| 214
| 91
| 96
| 3.82
| 888
| 767
| 674
| 69
| 13
| 9
| 1588.2
| 1606
| 162
| 511
| 49
| 27
| 31
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1952
| BOS
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| P
| 28
| 27
| 194.1
| 10
| 29
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 0
| .975
|
| 1955
| MIL
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 25
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| P
| 35
| 18
| 148
| 5
| 27
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 8
| 1
| .970
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| P
| 26
| 7
| 72
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| P
| 25
| 22
| 180
| 9
| 29
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 3
| 0
| .950
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| P
| 29
| 25
| 183.1
| 6
| 26
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 6
| 0
| .865
|
| 1961
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 30
| 200
| 12
| 28
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 5
| 1
| .952
|
| 1962
| BOS
| A
| P
| 34
| 33
| 241.2
| 17
| 35
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 2
| 0
| .912
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| P
| 9
| 9
| 40.2
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 276
| 171
| 1260
| 78
| 241
| 19
| 17
| 0
| 16
| 85
| 35
| 3
| .944
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1952
| BOS
| N
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1954
| MIL
| N
| 28
| 77
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .156
| .156
| .169
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1955
| MIL
| N
| 22
| 54
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .204
| .204
| .222
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 31
| 45
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .156
| .174
| .178
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 35
| 46
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .196
| .213
| .239
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| 26
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 2
| .188
| .188
| .375
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 25
| 67
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 5
| .239
| .250
| .269
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| PHI
| N
| 29
| 63
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 5
| .127
| .141
| .206
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1961
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 73
| 8
| 16
| 2
| 8
| .219
| .247
| .342
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 87
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 11
| .207
| .217
| .333
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| 9
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .267
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 200
| 373
| 17
| 68
| 2
| 26
| .182
| .191
| .223
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 76
| 2
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 76
| 175
| 16
| 37
| 3
| 19
| .211
| .228
| .331
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 43
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 276
| 548
| 33
| 105
| 5
| 45
| .192
| .203
| .257
| 19
| 1
| 5
| 119
| 4
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 9
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1951).
- Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Joe Koppe and Harry Hanebrink to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Johnny O'Brien, Ted Kazanski and Stan Lopata (March 31, 1959).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Frank Sullivan (December 15, 1960).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (April 21, 1964).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 22, 1964).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (June 1, 1964).
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