Friday, December 21, 2018

#152 Gene Clines


Platoon player deluxe....especially early on in his first three of 10 MLB season....exited out of 1972 season posting a .327 BA in 600+ at bats....thereafter a mixed bag....some slightly above par seasons but only a shadow of what once was.....from 1972 on career BA dropped 40 points to .277 terminus circa 1979....line drive hitter leaving home runs few and far between....five in over 2500 at bats...oddly enough hit a home run and triple in 15 at bats during 1971 playoffs....no singles or doubles....after an unsuccessful stint with the Mets 1975 (.228) traded to Texas where he posted career highs for games, at bats and comebackish .276 BA....next year in Cubbieland  set personal bests in RBIs and belted three homers in nearly one half of the playing time in Texas....plus raising his hitting by 16 points....played one more full season in Chicago and handful of games in 1980.


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