Gil English Stats

Gil English was born on Friday, July 2, 1909, in Glenola, North Carolina. English was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 20, 1931, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Gil English baseball stats page.

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Gil English



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Birth Name:   Gilbert Raymond English
Nickname:   Gil
Born On:   07-02-1909  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Glenola, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-31-1996 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Trinity, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Mount Vernon Methodist Church Cemetery, Trinity, North Carolina
High School:   Newark High School (Newark, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   09-20-1931 (Age 22)
Last Game:   06-11-1944
Draft:   Not Applicable

Gil English

Gil English Pitching Stats

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Gil English Hitting Stats

1931 22 Giants 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 0 0 0 - .000 .111 .000
1932 23 Giants 59 204 22 46 7 5 2 0 19 5 - 20 4 - 0 - .225 .244 .338
1936 27 Tigers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1937 28 Tigers 18 65 6 17 1 0 1 0 6 6 - 4 0 - 1 - .262 .333 .323
1937 28 Bees 79 269 25 78 5 2 2 0 37 23 - 27 2 - 1 11 .290 .348 .346
1938 29 Bees 53 165 17 41 6 0 2 0 21 15 - 16 1 - 1 7 .248 .315 .321
1944 35 Dodgers 27 79 4 12 3 0 1 0 7 6 - 7 2 - 0 2 .152 .212 .228
6 Years 240 791 74 194 22 7 8 0 90 56 0 78 9 0 3 20 .245 .298 .321

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Gil English Fielding Stats

1931 Giants 3B 3 0 - 4 1.3 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1932 Giants 3B 39 37 741 130 3.3 121 40 81 9 11 n/a n/a n/a .931 4.41
1932 Giants SS 23 16 438 94 4.1 89 37 52 5 7 n/a n/a n/a .947 5.49
1936 Tigers 3B 1 0 - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1937 Tigers 2B 12 10 276 53 4.4 51 23 28 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .962 4.99
1937 Tigers 3B 6 6 138 9 1.5 9 3 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.76
1937 Bees 3B 71 69 1,821 190 2.7 182 61 121 8 9 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.70
1938 Bees 2B 2 0 - 3 1.5 2 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1938 Bees 3B 43 38 813 113 2.6 108 33 75 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .956 3.59
1938 Bees LF 3 3 81 5 1.7 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.67
1938 Bees SS 2 0 - 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1944 Dodgers 2B 2 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1944 Dodgers 3B 11 11 201 36 3.3 34 16 18 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 4.57
1944 Dodgers SS 13 9 243 49 3.8 45 12 33 4 6 n/a n/a n/a .918 5.00
3B Totals 174 161 3,714 484 2.8 460 155 305 24 25 n/a n/a n/a .950 3.34
SS Totals 38 25 681 144 3.8 135 50 85 9 13 n/a n/a n/a .938 5.35
2B Totals 16 10 276 56 3.5 53 24 29 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .946 5.18
LF Totals 3 3 81 5 1.7 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.67
6 Years 231 199 4,752 689 3.0 653 233 420 36 43 n/a n/a n/a .948 3.71

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Gil English Miscellaneous Stats

1931 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 0.0 - - -
1932 Giants 0 - - 1 1 n/a 102.0 10.2 10.7 - - -
1936 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 - - -
1937 Tigers 1 1 .500 1 0 n/a 65.0 16.3 10.8 - - -
1937 Bees 3 - - 8 0 n/a 134.5 10.0 7.3 - - -
1938 Bees 1 - - 4 0 n/a 82.5 10.3 7.9 - - -
1944 Dodgers 0 - - 1 0 n/a 79.0 11.3 11.3 - - -
6 Years 5 1 .833 15 1 n/a 98.9 10.1 8.8 - - -

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Gil English Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1931 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1932 New York Giants 23 Undetermined n/a -
1936 Detroit Tigers 26 Undetermined - -
1937 Detroit Tigers 24 Undetermined - -
1937 Boston Bees 2 Undetermined - -
1938 Boston Bees 2 Undetermined - -
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers 4 Undetermined - -

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