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Gene
Stephens		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 20, 1933 in Usa, AR, GRAVETTE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 19 MON NL     4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1953 20 MON NL     4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1954 21 BOS AL     5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 9 8 7 7 7
1955 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 8 7 7 7
1956 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1957 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 8 7 7 7
1958 25 BOS AL $ 1,278,571   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1959 26 BOS AL $ 1,305,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1960 27 BOS AL $ 1,305,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1961 28 BOS AL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1962 29 BOS AL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1963 30 BOS AL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1964 31 BOS AL $ 2,900,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1965 32 BOS AL $ 2,900,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1966 33 TAM AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1967 34 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1968 35 COL NL $ 450,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 6 5
1969 36 COL NL $ 450,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,900,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 9 9 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 19 AA   111 451 68 114 16 1 13 54 10 7 65 73 .253 .347 .379 .726 62.6  
    A   26 95 25 36 2 0 7 29 2 1 23 17 .379 .500 .621 1.121 27.2  
1953 20 AA   137 537 90 135 35 2 23 81 15 11 85 85 .251 .354 .453 .806 87.4  
1954 21 AAA   83 328 77 98 15 2 21 65 9 12 59 45 .299 .406 .549 .954 68.9  
    AA   54 178 35 49 7 1 9 26 4 2 55 33 .275 .446 .478 .924 41.4  
1955 22 BOS AL 156 568 65 115 21 5 10 38 0 0 70 76 .202 .293 .310 .603 54.9 4.1
1956 23 BOS AL 146 518 65 132 39 5 12 67 0 0 67 80 .255 .341 .419 .760 71.8 11.8
1957 24 BOS AL 145 477 62 106 28 0 17 65 2 0 72 72 .222 .324 .388 .712 60.2 7.1
1958 25 BOS AL 126 310 57 71 18 3 8 37 0 0 36 48 .229 .309 .384 .693 36.8 4.9
1959 26 BOS AL 108 235 33 59 13 2 3 26 0 0 22 36 .251 .314 .362 .676 27.7 4.9
1960 27 BOS AL 87 195 33 47 8 1 9 18 0 0 28 44 .241 .336 .431 .767 29.0 5.4
1961 28 BOS AL 120 329 46 78 23 2 7 52 0 0 45 47 .237 .334 .383 .717 42.8 7.8
1962 29 BOS AL 148 519 46 118 21 3 7 62 0 2 47 83 .227 .293 .320 .613 43.8 4.0
1963 30 BOS AL 128 263 39 73 11 1 4 33 4 6 31 27 .278 .356 .373 .728 34.1 6.9
1964 31 BOS AL 130 388 58 116 14 2 9 56 17 11 46 46 .299 .377 .415 .792 59.1 13.2
1965 32 BOS AL 151 572 94 148 31 3 13 59 12 4 72 97 .259 .344 .392 .735 81.6 17.1
1966 33 TAM AL 156 555 64 122 17 5 7 46 13 1 68 92 .220 .308 .306 .614 56.1 6.2
1967 34 OAK AL 102 158 22 38 2 0 4 18 2 0 18 27 .241 .318 .329 .647 16.9 2.7
1968 35 COL NL 110 251 29 53 5 1 2 26 3 2 30 55 .211 .300 .263 .563 23.0 2.0
1969 36 COL NL 64 151 18 32 1 0 1 9 0 1 11 36 .212 .265 .238 .504 8.6 0.0
15 Years Sim 1877 5489 731 1308 252 33 113 612 53 27 663 866 .238 .322 .358 .680 646.3 98.1
1 Years AAA 83 328 77 98 15 2 21 65 9 12 59 45 .299 .408 .549 .957 68.9  
3 Years AA 302 1166 193 298 58 4 45 161 29 20 205 191 .256 .368 .428 .796 191.4  
1 Years A 26 95 25 36 2 0 7 29 2 1 23 17 .379 .508 .621 1.129 27.2  
5 Years Minors 411 1589 295 432 75 6 73 255 40 33 287 253 .272 .385 .464 .850 287.5  
162 Game Average 473 63 112 21 2 9 52 4 2 57 74 .238 .322 .358 .680 55.8  
Career Highs 156 572 94 148 39 5 17 67 17 11 72 97 .299 .377 .431 .792 81.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3867 519 965 183 19 84 461 40 17 455 554 .250 .330 .372 .702 489.8
vs LH   1622 212 343 69 14 29 151 13 10 208 312 .211 .304 .325 .629 168.6
Home 940 2724 371 612 132 17 48 299 27 18 331 410 .225 .311 .338 .650 298.2
Away 937 2765 360 696 120 16 65 313 26 9 332 456 .252 .333 .377 .710 360.2
RISP   1232 0 296 59 7 26 471 0 0 170 203 .240 .330 .363 .693 157.1
Pinch Hitting   303 38 71 10 0 5 42 2 2 44 48 .234 .330 .317 .647 34.8
Close/Late   686 119 166 25 2 17 91 0 0 93 97 .242 .334 .359 .693 87.3
Mar/Apr 288 784 116 189 30 5 16 90 5 4 110 122 .241 .335 .353 .689 98.7
May 320 889 121 212 47 4 20 89 6 4 111 149 .238 .326 .368 .694 109.8
June 326 1005 124 237 50 5 19 130 11 5 112 155 .236 .315 .352 .667 114.8
July 320 1001 139 250 49 6 24 117 12 4 119 147 .250 .332 .383 .715 130.8
August 333 970 123 213 41 5 15 105 10 5 117 151 .220 .304 .319 .623 99.6
Sep/Oct 290 840 108 207 35 8 19 81 9 5 94 142 .246 .325 .375 .700 104.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1955 22 BOS AL 2B 152 149 1273.0 281 599 14 134 .984 6.22   6.7
    CF 2 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 23 BOS AL 2B 124 123 1078.0 247 393 8 84 .988 5.34   3.9
    1B 17 17 156.0 177 12 2 13 .990 10.90   0.3
    RF 2 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
1957 24 BOS AL 2B 141 139 1201.0 270 438 18 95 .975 5.31   3.2
    CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1958 25 BOS AL 2B 81 70 633.0 131 225 6 50 .983 5.06   3.0
    1B 11 4 45.0 49 4 1 6 .981 10.60   0.1
    RF 9 0 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53   0.1
    LF 4 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    CF 3 0 8.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.50    
1959 26 BOS AL 2B 51 40 377.3 70 133 3 24 .985 4.84   0.8
    CF 10 2 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.1
    1B 6 3 31.0 32 4 0 2 1.000 10.45   0.1
    RF 7 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
    LF 6 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1960 27 BOS AL 2B 23 21 194.3 41 73 3 14 .974 5.28   0.6
    1B 15 11 104.3 89 7 0 13 1.000 8.28   0.1
    CF 11 5 53.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.3
    RF 10 2 42.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1961 28 BOS AL 2B 88 76 694.7 144 231 3 45 .992 4.86   2.4
    CF 11 5 64.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.81   0.3
    1B 5 1 18.0 26 0 0 2 1.000 13.00   0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1962 29 BOS AL 2B 80 77 700.0 119 282 9 52 .978 5.16   2.4
    RF 63 61 544.3 114 2 0 0 1.000 1.92   2.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1963 30 BOS AL CF 41 14 188.3 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.39   1.3
    2B 20 14 133.0 23 51 1 10 .987 5.01   0.5
    LF 21 14 128.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    RF 14 9 86.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.09    
    1B 7 5 47.0 39 3 1 3 .977 8.04   0.1
1964 31 BOS AL RF 78 75 661.0 138 3 0 0 1.000 1.92   1.7
    2B 21 4 71.7 20 27 1 8 .979 5.90   0.3
    CF 12 2 35.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.53    
    1B 4 2 19.3 19 0 0 1 1.000 8.85   0.0
    LF 5 2 18.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.48    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1965 32 BOS AL 2B 144 140 1256.7 220 405 9 89 .986 4.48   4.7
    CF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1966 33 TAM AL 1B 150 146 1308.3 1628 144 17 169 .990 12.19   3.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1967 34 OAK AL CF 24 14 142.7 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.5
    LF 17 7 82.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    2B 33 1 65.3 12 21 2 3 .943 4.55   0.2
    1B 6 0 21.0 24 3 2 0 .931 11.57   0.0
    RF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
1968 35 COL NL RF 19 19 161.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.01   1.5
    CF 16 15 140.0 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.38    
    2B 19 13 107.3 29 34 0 9 1.000 5.28   0.7
    LF 10 10 75.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    1B 6 3 34.0 45 4 0 0 1.000 12.97   0.1
1969 36 COL NL RF 14 14 106.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.29   0.7
    2B 20 7 80.0 14 35 1 10 .980 5.51   0.4
    CF 11 7 68.0 20 1 0 1 1.000 2.78    
    1B 7 7 53.0 58 8 2 5 .971 11.21   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  2B 998 874 7866.3 1621 2948 78 627 .983 5.23   29.6
  1B 235 199 1839.0 2188 189 25 214 .990 11.63   4.6
  RF 224 182 1669.3 348 5 0 0 1.000 1.90   6.1
  CF 147 65 760.3 192 5 0 3 1.000 2.33   2.5
  LF 69 34 337.3 70 0 0 0 1.000 1.87    
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 2 1 0 .750 6.75   0.0
Career Totals   1675 1354 12476.2 4420 3149 104 844 .986 5.46   42.9
Career Highs   156 149 1312.3 1629 599 18 169 1.000 12.17    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 25 BOS AL 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1960 27 BOS AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
1961 28 BOS AL 7 23 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .348 .375 .435 .810
1963 30 BOS AL 14 17 2 7 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 .412 .474 .529 1.003
1965 32 BOS AL 7 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 .172 .250 .172 .422
1968 35 COL NL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 42 75 8 21 4 0 0 4 2 1 8 13 .280 .349 .333 .683
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1955-4-156
1966-8-156
 Runs
1965-6-94
 Doubles
1956-4-39
 Triples
1955-7-5
1956-8-5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Tommy Glaviano (927)
  2. Solly Hemus (922)
  3. Jim Lefebvre (910)
  4. Mike De La Hoz (910)
  5. Chico Carrasquel (904)
  6. Marty Martinez (902)
  7. Pedro Garcia (902)
  8. Denis Menke (900)
  9. Leo Cardenas (898)
  10. Dick McAuliffe (894)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1952
Traded from Montreal to Boston (A) on 2/3/1954 (Going to BOS: 1B Gene Stephens. Going to MON: P Dick Starr)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1955, off Dave Ferriss (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1955, off Arnie Portocarrero (BRK)
Injured on 4/3/1956 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/2/1957 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,305,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,305,000 through salary arbitration
10/19/1960: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Toronto on 5/18/1963
10/13/1963: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,900,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 3/22/1964 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/16/1966 to a 3-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Released by Tampa Bay on 10/22/1966
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1967 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/11/1968 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Traded from Montreal to Colorado on 4/2/1968 (Going to COL: LF Gene Stephens, P Chris Short. Going to MON: P Howie Reed)
 
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