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Gene Desautels

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: June 13, 1907 in Worcester, MA us

Died: November 5, 1994 in Flint, MI

Buried: New Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Flint, MI

School: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)

Debut: June 22, 1930 (Age 23-009d, 7,097th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1946 (Age 39-101d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Eugene Abraham Desautels

Nicknames: Red

Pronunciation: \deh-ZUH-tell\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

2012

469

.233

211

RBI

187

OBP

.315

SLG

.285

OPS

.600

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-31 / in Starts: 27-26
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	58 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 181 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	102 (51-34-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 181 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	117 (60-37-18)

Most Driven In
L Boudreau	2
R Mack	2
L Fleming	2
B Mills	2
J Heath	1
O Grimes	0
R Weatherly	0

Most Driven In By
R Weatherly	5
O Hockett	3
L Boudreau	2
H Edwards	1
K Keltner	1
J Bagby	0

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	521	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.77	-0.001	1.98	0.00%	-0.21	C
2	522	3 (1)	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.86	-0.048	4.62	-0.07%	-0.24	C
3	523	4	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	.62	0.015	1.38	0.02%	0.15	C
4	524	5	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	8	.89	0.058	1.76	0.07%	0.50	C
5	525	6	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	8	1.07	-0.113	2.52	-0.16%	-1.10	C
6	526	7	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.353	.686	8	1.00	0.163	2.63	0.26%	0.46	C
7	527	8	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.350	.683	8	.67	-0.016	1.83	-0.03%	0.13	C
8	528	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.348	.708	8	1.06	0.014	3.08	0.02%	0.60	C
9	529	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.296	.607	8	.81	-0.087	2.58	-0.17%	-0.93	C
10	530	11	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.276	.566	8	1.00	-0.046	3.24	-0.09%	-0.56	C
11	531	12	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.273	.258	.531	8	.77	-0.037	2.57	-0.07%	-0.30	C
12	532	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.265	.562	8	.38	0.014	1.37	0.03%	0.78	C
13	533	14	Apr 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.289	.623	8	1.06	0.128	4.04	0.30%	1.60	C
14	534	15	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.326	.268	.594	8	.95	-0.058	3.88	-0.14%	-0.71	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	535	16	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-6	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.244	.544	8	.40	-0.060	1.78	-0.16%	-1.38	C
16	536	17	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-3	GS-7	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.250	.321	.271	.592	8	.46	0.099	2.05	0.27%	1.42	C
17	537	18	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.327	.300	.627	8	1.05	0.050	5.47	0.16%	0.39	C
18	538	19	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.316	.288	.604	8	.88	-0.051	4.36	-0.15%	-0.84	C
19	539	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.344	.321	.666	8	.37	-0.063	1.75	-0.18%	0.13	C
20	540	21	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.333	.310	.644	8	.98	-0.052	4.75	-0.15%	-0.44	C
21	541	24 (2)	May 10 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.328	.305	.633	8	1.91	-0.051	7.54	-0.12%	-0.46	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	542	97 (72)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.338	.317	.655	7	2.20	0.075	2.06	0.04%	0.37	C
23	543	98	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	L,6-10	7-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.348	.317	.665	8	.83	0.043	.81	0.03%	0.60	C
24	544	99	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.348	.317	.665	8						C
25	545	100	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.357	.328	.685	8	.60	0.079	.29	0.02%	1.39	C
26	546	101	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.284	.342	.313	.656	8	2.02	-0.115	.97	-0.03%	-0.76	C
27	547	102	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.329	.300	.629	8	1.03	-0.076	.39	-0.02%	-0.57	C
28	548	103	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.338	.300	.638	8	3.56	0.043	.67	0.01%	0.22	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	549	106 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.278	.342	.306	.647	8	1.61	-0.025	.56	-0.01%	-0.12	C
30	550	107	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.341	.307	.648	8	.40	0.015	.17	0.00%	0.06	C
31	551	108	Aug 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.282	.341	.308	.649	8	.43	-0.002	.17	0.00%	0.28	C
32	552	109	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.337	.304	.641	8	.53	-0.013	.26	0.00%	-0.15	C
33	553	110	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.330	.296	.626	8	1.74	-0.090	.64	-0.02%	-0.76	C
34	554	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.310	.639	8	1.27	0.072	.40	0.01%	0.19	C
35	555	112	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		DET	T,0-0	GS-14	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.261	.323	.295	.618	8	1.78	-0.033	.37	0.00%	-0.01	C
36	556	115 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.313	.286	.599	8	1.62	-0.103	.20	-0.01%	-0.84	C
37	557	116	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.290	.614	8	1.05	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.06	C
38	558	117	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.311	.278	.590	8	1.20	-0.117	.07	0.00%	-1.13	C
39	559	118	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.308	.276	.584	9	.06	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
40	560	119	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.240	.303	.270	.573	8	1.16	-0.056	.03	0.00%	-0.42	C
41	561	120	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.265	.562	8	.73	-0.038	.02	0.00%	-0.48	C
42	562	121	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.238	.298	.267	.565	8	1.47	0.070	.02	0.00%	0.47	C
43	563	123 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.291	.259	.550	8	.73	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
44	564	126 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.225	.289	.252	.542	5						C
45	565	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.282	.246	.528	8	1.10	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
46	566	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.282	.246	.528	3						C
47	567	131 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.276	.239	.515	8	.91	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-1.02	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	568	133 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	.217	.282	.250	.532	8	1.25	0.148	.00	0.00%	2.00	C
49	569	135 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.284	.252	.536	8	.55	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
50	570	136	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.285	.254	.539	8						C
51	571	137	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.293	.266	.558	8	1.40	0.100	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
52	572	139 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.287	.260	.546	8	2.11	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.29	C
53	573	141 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.228	.291	.265	.555	8	.23	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
54	574	142	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	8-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.287	.261	.548	8	2.20	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
55	575	143	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	L,2-15	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.220	.281	.255	.536	8						C
56	576	150 (6)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.257	.539	8	.99	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.22	C
57	577	151	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.285	.260	.545	8	1.13	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
58	578	152	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.235	.292	.268	.560	8						C
59	579	153	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.237	.293	.270	.562	8	1.58	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
60	580	154	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.299	.273	.572	8	1.06	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.35	C
61	581	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.298	.272	.570	8	.77	0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.55	C
62	582	156	Sep 27	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.247	.303	.278	.581	8						C
							30-31		181	162	14	40	5	0	0	9	12	1	14	1	6		3	3	1	0	.247	.303	.278	.581		1.03	-0.688	1.22	-0.36%	-5.90

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