Gene Packard
[edit] Biography
Born on July 13, 1887 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Gene Packard (Eugene Milo Packard) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Packers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 8 year career. Packard broke into the bigs on September 27, 1912 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.97 ERA in 190.2 innings pitched in 1913, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Gene Packard's best season was 1914, when he posted a 2.89 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 154 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1912
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3.00
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CIN
| N
| 39
| 21
| 7
| 11
| 2.97
| 73
| 97
| 63
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 190.2
| 208
| 2
| 64
| 0
| 2
| 8
|
| 1914
| KC
| F
| 42
| 34
| 20
| 14
| 2.89
| 154
| 127
| 97
| 24
| 4
| 5
| 302
| 282
| 5
| 88
| 0
| 7
| 3
|
| 1915
| KC
| F
| 42
| 31
| 20
| 12
| 2.68
| 108
| 111
| 84
| 21
| 5
| 2
| 281.2
| 250
| 3
| 74
| 0
| 4
| 9
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 37
| 16
| 10
| 6
| 2.78
| 36
| 60
| 48
| 5
| 2
| 5
| 155.1
| 154
| 4
| 38
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 34
| 11
| 9
| 6
| 2.47
| 44
| 48
| 42
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 153.1
| 138
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.80
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| TOT
| N
| 36
| 11
| 9
| 6
| 2.55
| 45
| 50
| 44
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 155
| 141
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| 30
| 23
| 12
| 12
| 3.50
| 46
| 84
| 71
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 182.1
| 184
| 6
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 16
| 6
| 8
| 4.15
| 24
| 70
| 62
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 134.1
| 167
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 164
| 88
| 45
| 43
| 3.17
| 226
| 364
| 291
| 41
| 6
| 10
| 826.2
| 861
| 20
| 194
| 0
| 5
| 23
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 84
| 65
| 40
| 26
| 2.79
| 262
| 238
| 181
| 45
| 9
| 7
| 583.2
| 532
| 8
| 162
| 0
| 11
| 12
|
| Total
|
|
| 248
| 153
| 85
| 69
| 3.01
| 488
| 602
| 472
| 86
| 15
| 17
| 1410.1
| 1393
| 28
| 356
| 0
| 16
| 35
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1912
| CIN
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| CIN
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 46
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1914
| KC
| F
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 121
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1914
| KC
| F
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| KC
| F
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 114
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 64
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 42
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| TOT
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 50
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 36
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 248
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 476
| 22
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1912
| CIN
| N
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .250
| .750
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CIN
| N
| 43
| 61
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 1
| .180
| .219
| .213
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| KC
| F
| 45
| 116
| 13
| 28
| 1
| 12
| .241
| .254
| .319
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| KC
| F
| 44
| 95
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 5
| .232
| .247
| .305
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| N
| 44
| 54
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .130
| .190
| .185
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 36
| 52
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 1
| .288
| .315
| .327
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| TOT
| N
| 38
| 52
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 1
| .288
| .315
| .327
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| 36
| 69
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 6
| .174
| .197
| .232
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 27
| 51
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 8
| .137
| .185
| .196
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 192
| 291
| 33
| 53
| 0
| 18
| .182
| .220
| .237
| 10
| 3
| 14
| 64
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 89
| 211
| 19
| 50
| 2
| 17
| .237
| .251
| .313
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 40
| 0
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 281
| 502
| 52
| 103
| 2
| 35
| .205
| .233
| .269
| 12
| 7
| 18
| 104
| 0
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Columbus (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 16, 1912).
- Sold by Kansas City Packers to Chicago Cubs (February 10, 1916).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals (April, 1917).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Doug Baird and Stuffy Stewart to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Milt Stock, Pickles Dillhoefer and Dixie Davis (January 21, 1919).
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