Gene Desautels
1930–1946 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
712G
.233AVG
.315OBP
.285SLG
More career statistics
469H
3HR
187RBI
12SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,012 | 2,010 |
| Batting · Hits | 469 | 468 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 168 | 169 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,310 | 2,308 |
| Batting · RBI | 187 | 185 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 12 | 13 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 712 | 2,310 | 2,012 | 211 | 469 | 73 | 11 | 3 | 187 | 232 | 168 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 573 | .233 | .315 | .285 | .600 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1940-09-16 to 1941-04-29
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1938-08-20 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1932-09-09 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1938-07-01 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 362 | 1183 | 236 | 1 | 83 | 117 | 92 | .230 | .298 | .275 |
| Away | 350 | 1125 | 232 | 2 | 102 | 115 | 77 | .236 | .308 | .294 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 178 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 12 | .197 | .281 | .236 |
| May | 121 | 391 | 75 | 2 | 37 | 45 | 31 | .225 | .307 | .288 |
| June | 119 | 381 | 67 | 0 | 19 | 39 | 32 | .202 | .278 | .254 |
| July | 130 | 421 | 101 | 0 | 51 | 37 | 25 | .273 | .328 | .354 |
| August | 142 | 460 | 88 | 0 | 28 | 42 | 36 | .219 | .283 | .252 |
| September | 143 | 462 | 103 | 0 | 37 | 48 | 32 | .254 | .327 | .296 |
| October | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .231 | .333 | .231 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 107 | 345 | 72 | 0 | 18 | 32 | 21 | .235 | .301 | .297 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 105 | 349 | 69 | 2 | 28 | 32 | 28 | .227 | .289 | .303 |
| st-louis-browns | 104 | 357 | 80 | 0 | 41 | 31 | 25 | .252 | .311 | .319 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 91 | 308 | 73 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 25 | .269 | .338 | .303 |
| detroit-tigers | 88 | 292 | 56 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 25 | .228 | .322 | .285 |
| new-york-yankees | 83 | 242 | 39 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 18 | .196 | .293 | .231 |
| cleveland-guardians | 77 | 260 | 47 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 19 | .206 | .281 | .224 |
| boston-red-sox | 57 | 155 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 8 | .230 | .271 | .281 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Detroit Tigers | 42 | 126 | 24 | – | 8 | 2 | .190 | – | – |
| 1931 | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 11 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .091 | – | – |
| 1932 | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 72 | 17 | – | 2 | – | .236 | – | – |
| 1933 | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 42 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Boston Red Sox | 96 | 305 | 74 | – | 27 | 2 | .243 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 108 | 332 | 96 | 2 | 48 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1939 | Boston Red Sox | 76 | 226 | 55 | – | 21 | 3 | .243 | – | – |
| 1940 | Boston Red Sox | 71 | 222 | 50 | – | 17 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Cleveland Guardians | 66 | 189 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .201 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 62 | 162 | 40 | – | 9 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 68 | 184 | 38 | – | 19 | 2 | .207 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians | 10 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 130 | 28 | – | 12 | 1 | .215 | – | – |