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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Gene Smyres Left Field
Retired (1966, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .280 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .744 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
H 348 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 05-24-1931
HR 20 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1955)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(159 games)
RBI 140
SB 42 Salary $0.76M Final Contract Year 1966
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B D- (4.9%) LF A+ (100%) Arm D+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1955 Away 62 103 10 25 3 0 0 6 16 18 6 1 1 .622 .350 .272 .029 .243
1955 Home 61 83 12 28 2 0 1 14 6 8 4 2 1 .775 .378 .398 .060 .337
1956 Away 46 88 10 22 2 0 1 6 6 17 1 0 6 .602 .295 .307 .057 .250
1956 Home 42 78 16 21 3 0 2 7 5 8 7 0 3 .694 .310 .385 .115 .269
1958 Away 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .154 .154 .000 .000 .000
1958 Home 22 41 5 12 5 0 1 2 2 5 1 1 3 .813 .326 .488 .195 .293
1961 Away 64 111 22 35 7 0 3 12 8 12 7 2 3 .821 .361 .459 .144 .315
1961 Home 67 104 20 36 9 1 4 13 14 15 5 0 2 .997 .430 .567 .221 .346
1963 Away 45 64 7 16 5 0 0 6 6 9 0 0 0 .638 .310 .328 .078 .250
1963 Home 45 76 9 24 6 0 0 13 8 12 1 1 0 .783 .388 .395 .079 .316
1964 Away 48 169 25 49 9 1 4 28 24 29 3 1 1 .802 .376 .426 .136 .290
1964 Home 49 161 17 41 9 2 3 18 16 20 5 0 1 .713 .322 .391 .137 .255
1965 Away 38 43 3 7 1 0 0 2 6 7 0 1 0 .451 .265 .186 .023 .163
1965 Home 36 57 5 15 1 2 1 8 5 11 1 1 1 .726 .323 .404 .140 .263
1966 Away 6 14 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .829 .400 .429 .071 .357
1966 Home 14 39 7 12 3 0 0 4 14 7 1 0 1 .875 .491 .385 .077 .308
Total Away 322 603 79 159 28 1 8 61 69 96 17 5 12 .692 .339 .353 .090 .264
Total Home 336 639 91 189 38 5 12 79 70 86 25 5 12 .794 .366 .427 .131 .296
Total 658 1242 170 348 66 6 20 140 139 182 42 10 24 .744 .353 .391 .111 .280
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Gene Smyres has retired from the Texas Grackles
1964-07-14Gene Smyres of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1964-06-16Gene Smyres of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1964-04-05Gene Smyres of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1963-10-15Gene Smyres of the Texas Grackles is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1963-03-30The Texas Grackles have promoted Gene Smyres to the major league team.
1963-03-30Gene Smyres has signed with the Texas Grackles for $0.76M per year for 4 years.
1962-03-28Gene Smyres has signed with the Chicago Commiedians for $0.57M per year for 1 year.
1961-04-04The New York Knights have promoted Gene Smyres to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Kory Young to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Bill Knotts to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Josh Harrelson to the minors.
1961-04-04The New York Knights have acquired Gene Smyres from the waiver wire.
1960-04-01The New York Knights have waived Gene Smyres.
1960-03-31The New York Knights have sent Art McGhee to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Ed Butcher to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Ralph Parker to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Cecil Stearns to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Gene Smyres to the minors.
1960-03-30The New York Knights have promoted Gene Smyres to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Cecil Stearns to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Art McGhee to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Ralph Parker to the major league team.
1959-04-01The New York Knights have promoted Jim Cannell to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Gene Smyres to the minors.
1958-04-01The New York Knights have promoted Gene Smyres to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted George Heiser to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Jim Grantham to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Frank Morgan to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Rankin Eaton to the minors. The New York Knights have sent John Reed to the minors.
1958-04-01The New York Knights have acquired Gene Smyres from the waiver wire.
1957-04-01The New York Knights have waived Gene Smyres.
1957-04-01The New York Knights have promoted John Reed to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Gary Egan to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Tommy Hubbard to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Jim Spencer to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Frank Morgan to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Derek Tyler to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Pat Osteen to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Bruce Mahoney to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Gene Smyres to the minors.
1955-09-12Gene Smyres of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1955-03-28The New York Knights have promoted Gene Smyres to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Bob Stirnweiss to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Tim Lehr to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Bob Brumley to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Dick James to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Art Gregory to the minors.