Gil English
[edit] Biography
Gil English (Gilbert Raymond English) was born on July 2, 1909 in Glenola, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 20, 1931 for the New York Giants. In 1932, his rookie year, he hit .225 with 2 home runs and 19 RBI. English played for the New York Giants, Detroit Tigers, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Gil English's best season was 1937, when he hit for a .284 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1931
| NY
| N
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .111
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| NY
| N
| 59
| 204
| 22
| 46
| 2
| 19
| .225
| .244
| .338
| 7
| 5
| 5
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 18
| 65
| 6
| 17
| 1
| 6
| .262
| .333
| .323
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 79
| 269
| 25
| 78
| 2
| 37
| .290
| .348
| .346
| 5
| 2
| 23
| 27
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 11
|
| 1937
| Total
|
| 97
| 334
| 31
| 95
| 3
| 43
| .284
| .345
| .341
| 6
| 2
| 29
| 31
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 11
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| 53
| 165
| 17
| 41
| 2
| 21
| .248
| .315
| .321
| 6
| 0
| 15
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 7
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 79
| 4
| 12
| 1
| 7
| .152
| .212
| .228
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 221
| 725
| 68
| 177
| 7
| 84
| .244
| .295
| .321
| 21
| 7
| 50
| 73
| 2
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 20
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 19
| 66
| 6
| 17
| 1
| 6
| .258
| .329
| .318
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 240
| 791
| 74
| 194
| 8
| 90
| .245
| .298
| .321
| 22
| 7
| 56
| 78
| 3
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1931
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| NY
| N
| SS
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 52
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1932
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 81
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 28
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 121
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1937
| Total
|
| 3B
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 64
| 127
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 75
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 33
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1944
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 29
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 85
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 174
| 0
| 0
| 155
| 305
| 24
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with cash to Portland (PCL) in exchange for Joe Bowman (December 1, 1933).
- Claimed on waivers by Boston Bees from Detroit Tigers (June 4, 1937).
- Traded by Boston Bees with Johnny Riddle, cash and 3 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Eddie Miller (August 10, 1938); New York Yankees received Bobby Reis and Johnny Babich (October 27, 1938) and Vince DiMaggio (February 4, 1939).
- Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1943).
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