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Name	Team	Age
Gene Savage	Retired (1993, Age 39)	Died (2042, Age 88)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 41 (1972)	RF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jimmy Wynn League	0	15 years (71 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A-	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C-	C-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	3/5/1954
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (2B)
A+ (99.0 %)	B+ (70.8 %)	C+ (46.4 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1972

Minors

39.00

8 / 8

4 / 4

3 / 3

9 / 9

2 / 3

6 / 6

6 / 6

38 / 39

1973

Minors

15.00

1 / 1

3 / 3

1 / 2

2 / 2

0 / 1

2 / 2

4 / 4

13 / 15

1974

Minors

22.00

3 / 5

6 / 6

3 / 3

1 / 1

4 / 4

1 / 1

2 / 2

20 / 22

1975

Minors

20.00

2 / 2

2 / 2

3 / 5

2 / 3

2 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 2

16 / 20

1976

Minors

28.00

3 / 5

4 / 5

1 / 2

4 / 5

3 / 5

2 / 3

2 / 3

19 / 28

1977

Majors

57.72

4 / 7

6 / 7

5 / 7

6 / 10

6 / 8

7 / 9

5 / 9

39 / 57

1978

Majors

38.40

0 / 2

2 / 4

3 / 4

3 / 6

5 / 8

3 / 4

7 / 10

23 / 38

1979

Majors

46.59

3 / 8

2 / 6

3 / 5

4 / 5

4 / 11

1 / 7

1 / 4

18 / 46

1980

Majors

45.81

2 / 3

2 / 5

2 / 7

4 / 10

3 / 7

2 / 6

2 / 7

17 / 45

1981

Majors

57.60

3 / 10

2 / 3

2 / 11

6 / 13

1 / 6

2 / 6

2 / 8

18 / 57

1982

Majors

59.60

162

98

0

2 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 11

1 / 11

2 / 9

2 / 8

1 / 6

9 / 59

1983

Majors

67.69

162

152

0

1 / 6

3 / 12

1 / 7

2 / 14

1 / 10

3 / 11

0 / 7

11 / 67

1984

Majors

68.96

162

122

0

2 / 12

1 / 11

1 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 11

1 / 5

4 / 11

10 / 68

1985

Majors

60.28

162

82

0

0 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 16

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 60

1986

Majors

52.04

162

62

0

0 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 10

1 / 52

1987

Majors

53.08

151

97

11

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 53

1988

Minors

16.00

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 16

1988

Majors

17.72

63

22

0

-4 / 5

-7 / 5

-5 / 1

-2 / 2

-8 / 1

-3 / 3

-4 / 0

-33 / 17

1989

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1989

Majors

45.78

151

60

0

0 / 9

0 / 5

-3 / 7

-5 / 4

-3 / 6

-3 / 7

-1 / 7

-15 / 45

1990

Majors

48.69

162

77

0

-2 / 10

-3 / 2

-3 / 11

-3 / 9

-10 / 7

0 / 5

-3 / 4

-24 / 48

1991

Majors

45.56

162

60

0

-1 / 4

-5 / 5

-3 / 9

-6 / 2

-6 / 6

0 / 8

-2 / 11

-23 / 45

1992

Majors

45.15

162

55

0

-4 / 7

0 / 7

-3 / 5

-2 / 8

-8 / 8

-2 / 4

-1 / 6

-20 / 45

1993

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1993

Majors

11.00

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 11

Total

1661

887

11

24 / 145

23 / 120

13 / 130

26 / 159

1 / 141

27 / 126

27 / 134

141 / 955

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1993-11-01	Gene Savage has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1993-04-08	The San Diego Ironmen have waived Gene Savage.
1993-03-07	The San Diego Ironmen have promoted Bill Wiedemeyer to the major league team. The San Diego Ironmen have promoted Keith Piatt to the major league team. The San Diego Ironmen have promoted Chuck Hickey to the major league team. The San Diego Ironmen have designated Lefty Sorrell for assignment. The San Diego Ironmen have designated Gene Savage for assignment. The San Diego Ironmen have designated John Boardman for assignment.
1989-04-13	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Gene Savage to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Tommy Thurman for assignment.
1989-04-12	The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired Gene Savage from the waiver wire.
1989-04-08	The Chicago Cubs have waived Gene Savage.
1989-04-05	The Chicago Cubs have acquired Gene Savage from the waiver wire.
1989-03-07	The New York Knights have waived Gene Savage.
1988-06-11	The New York Knights have promoted Yovanny Andrews to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Tommy Carew to the major league team. The New York Knights have designated Mel Bovee for assignment. The New York Knights have designated Gene Savage for assignment.
1987-07-03	Gene Savage of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1978-07-25	Gene Savage of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1977-04-01	The New York Knights have promoted Gene Savage to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Fred Morgan to the minors.
1976-08-10	A trade has been completed between the New York Knights and the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees receive Juan Marichal, Van Mungo, Draft Pick - 1977 Round 3 (NYN) from the New York Knights in exchange for Gene Savage, Draft Pick - 1977 Round 1 (NYA).
1976-04-01	The New York Yankees have sent Gene Savage down to the minors.
1976-04-01	The New York Yankees have promoted Jeff Grott to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Gene Savage to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Burt Ryan to the major league team.
1972-09-16	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia domiNATEors and the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees receive Leon Dugas, Gene Savage, Draft Pick - 1974 Round 2 (PHI) from the Philadelphia domiNATEors in exchange for Woody Blanco.
1972-07-23	A trade has been completed between the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia domiNATEors. The Philadelphia domiNATEors receive Bill Hood, Gene Savage from the Washington Nationals in exchange for Otto Jones.