Gene Packard Notable

b. July 13, 1887 · Cincinnati Reds 1912–1913, Kansas City Packers 1914–1915, Chicago Cubs 1916–1917, St. Louis Cardinals 1917–1918, Philadelphia Phillies 1919

Gene Packard played for five clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cincinnati Reds in 1912 and closing with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1919.

He went 85 and 69 with a 3.01 earned run average, pitching 1,410 innings in 248 games. He struck out 488, completed 86 of his 153 starts and threw 15 shutouts. Across 278 games he batted .205, with 103 hits and 52 runs. He finished with 2 home runs, 12 doubles and 3 stolen bases.

He was born in Colorado Springs, CO, USA on July 13, 1887, and died on May 19, 1959. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1912	CIN	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	.250
1913	CIN	43	61	8	11	2	0	0	1	3	19	1	.180
1914	KCP	45	116	13	28	2	2	1	12	2	22	1	.241
1915	KCP	44	95	6	22	0	2	1	5	2	18	1	.232
1916	CHC	44	54	9	7	3	0	0	1	4	13	0	.130
1917	CHC/STL	38	52	4	15	2	0	0	1	2	11	0	.288
1918	STL	36	69	3	12	2	1	0	6	2	9	0	.174
1919	PHI	27	51	8	7	1	1	0	8	3	11	0	.137
Career	—	278	502	52	103	12	7	2	35	18	104	3	.205

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1912	CIN	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	7	3	4	2	3.00
1913	CIN	7	11	39	21	0	190.2	208	63	64	73	2.97
1914	KCP	20	14	42	34	5	302.0	282	97	88	154	2.89
1915	KCP	20	12	42	31	2	281.2	250	84	74	108	2.68
1916	CHC	10	6	37	16	5	155.1	154	48	38	36	2.78
1917	CHC/STL	9	6	36	11	2	155.0	141	44	25	45	2.55
1918	STL	12	12	30	23	2	182.1	184	71	33	46	3.50
1919	PHI	6	8	21	16	1	134.1	167	62	30	24	4.15
Career	—	85	69	248	153	17	1410.1	1393	472	356	488	3.01

On this day & linked events

1887

Born July 13, 1887

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

1959

Died May 19, 1959

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