Gene Woodling

Eugene Richard "Old Faithful" Woodling
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: August 16, 1922 in Akron, OH
Signed: 1940 by the Cleveland Indians
Acquired: purchased from the Washington Senators, June 1962
Departed: released, March 1963
Died: June 3, 2001 in Akron, OH

 

Respected Yankee star who finished up with the Mets in 1962. Five times posted on-base percentages of greater than .400. Pictured here on his 1954 Bowman card; note the reversed orientation of the photo (the Yankees logo is backwards and on the wrong side of his uniform). Gene's other 1954 card is pictured below.

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BATTING RECORD

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
1943 Cle AL    8   25   5    8   2  1   1   5   15  0  -   5   1   0   1  - .346 .600 .320
1946 Cle AL   61  133   8   25   1  4   0   9   34  1  2  13  16   1   5  - .280 .256 .188
1947 Pit NL   22   79   7   21   2  2   0  10   27  0  -   5   7   0   1  - .326 .342 .266
1949 N Y AL  112  296  60   80  13  7   5  44  122  2  2  21  52   1   7  - .381 .412 .270
1950 N Y AL  122  449  81  127  20 10   6  60  185  5  3  31  70   1   3  - .381 .412 .283
1951 N Y AL  120  420  65  118  15  8  15  71  194  0  4  37  62   0   3  - .373 .462 .281
1952 N Y AL  122  408  58  126  19  6  12  63  193  1  4  31  59   1   3  - .397 .473 .309
1953 N Y AL  125  395  64  121  26  4  10  58  185  2  7  29  82   3   2  - .429 .468 .306
1954 N Y AL   97  304  33   76  12  5   3  40  107  3  4  35  53   0   0  3 .358 .352 .250
1955 2teams  126  404  55  104  21  3   8  53  155  3  5  33  60   4   1  7 .354 .384 .257
1956 Cle AL  100  317  56   83  17  0   8  38  124  2  6  29  69   3   7  3 .395 .391 .262
1957 Cle AL  133  430  74  138  25  2  19  78  224  0  5  35  64   3   4  5 .408 .521 .321
1958 Bal AL  133  413  57  114  16  1  15  65  177  4  2  49  66   2   3  1 .378 .429 .276
1959 Bal AL  140  440  63  132  22  2  14  77  200  1  1  35  78   0   1  5 .402 .455 .300
1960 Bal AL  140  435  68  123  18  3  11  62  180  3  0  40  84   4   3  3 .401 .414 .283
1961 Was AL  110  342  39  107  16  4  10  57  161  1  0  24  50   2   1  1 .403 .471 .313
1962 2teams  125  297  37   82  12  1  10  40  126  1  0  27  48   3   1  3 .379 .424 .276
METS TOTALS   81  190  18   52   8  1   5  24   77  0  0  22  24   1   0  3 .353 .405 .274
OTHER CLUBS 1715 5397 812 1533 249 62 142 806 2332 29 45 457 897  27  46 28 .387 .432 .284
CAREER TOTS 1796 5587 830 1585 257 63 147 830 2409 29 45 479 921  28  46 31 .386 .431 .284

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
1955 Bal AL   47  145  22   32   6  2   3  18   51  1  1  18  24   1   0  3 .329 .352 .221
1955 Cle AL   79  259  33   72  15  1   5  35  104  2  4  15  36   3   1  4 .368 .402 .278
1962 Was AL   44  107  19   30   4  0   5  16   49  1  0   5  24   2   1  0 .421 .458 .280
1962 *METS*   81  190  18   52   8  1   5  24   77  0  0  22  24   1   0  3 .353 .405 .274

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This is a list of the Gene Woodling cards that I already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here, and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third.

 

1954 Topps

 

1951 Bowman #219 reprint

1953 Bowman Black & White #31 reprint

1954 Bowman #209
1954 Topps #101

1956 Topps #163

1957 Topps #172

1960 Topps #190

1961 Topps #275

1962 Post #71
1962 Topps #125

1963 Topps #43 ("Veteran Masters")
1963 Topps #342

1978 Grand Slam #148

1979 TCMA Baseball History Series #156

1982 Renata Galasso 20 Years of New York Met Baseball #9

1988 Pacific Baseball Legends #5

1989 Swell (CMC) Baseball Greats #102

1990 Swell (Impel) Baseball Greats #101

1991 Topps Archives #264 (reprint of 1953 Topps)
1991 WIZ Mets #435

1993 Action Packed All-Star Gallery #23

1994 Topps Archives #101 (reprint of 1954 Topps)

2002 Topps 1952 World Series #52R-15 (gold reprint of 1952 Topps #99)

Other Gene Woodling memorabilia in my collection: 

autographed baseball

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"His youngest daughter (my mom) was born during a N. Y. Yankees game, and they announced it over the speakers. This was July 30th, which happened to be Casey Stengel's birthday as well. Upon hearing this, Casey came down the bench and told Gene, 'You better name that girl Casey.' Of course you can imagine what my grandpa said to that. But his wife really wanted to name my mom Casey. So they had this huge fight, but my grandpa won. Then once my mom got ahold of the story as she grew up, she decided to name me (her youngest) Casey, whether I was a girl or a boy. So that's one cute story that my grandpa always loved to tell."

-- Gene Woodling's granddaughter Casey 4