Gene Packard
1912–1919 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Packers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
280G
.205AVG
.233OBP
.269SLG
More career statistics
103H
2HR
35RBI
3SB
85–69W–L
1,410.1IP
488K
3.01ERA
153GS
17SV
6Rare feats
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 | 502 | 500 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 104 | 97 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 543 | 545 |
| Batting · Runs | 52 | 53 |
| Batting · Walks | 18 | 20 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,811 | 5,858 |
| Pitching · p er | 472 | 474 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,393 | 1,396 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,231 | 4,229 |
| Pitching · p k | 488 | 489 |
| Pitching · p r | 602 | 601 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | 543 | 502 | 52 | 103 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | .205 | .233 | .269 | .502 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,410.3 | 248 | 153 | 86 | 85 | 69 | 17 | 1,393 | 602 | 472 | 28 | 356 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 3.01 | 1.240 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1914-10-03 to 1915-05-07
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1914-09-03 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1913-09-19 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1915-09-22 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 151 | 273 | 53 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 54 | .213 | .242 | .289 |
| Away | 129 | 272 | 50 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 43 | .199 | .210 | .251 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .212 | .194 | .333 |
| May | 40 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .111 | .143 | .139 |
| June | 62 | 93 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .235 | .247 | .271 |
| July | 61 | 118 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | .225 | .246 | .279 |
| August | 52 | 117 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | .194 | .222 | .282 |
| September | 38 | 95 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | .241 | .263 | .333 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 32 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .149 | .154 | .149 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .295 | .333 | .386 |
| boston-braves | 27 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .241 | .263 | .296 |
| chicago-cubs | 23 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .212 | .205 | .303 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 22 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .158 | .190 | .158 |
| cincinnati-reds | 22 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .125 | .243 | .188 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 21 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .051 | .051 | .077 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 17 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .182 | .217 | .318 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 9 | 2 |
| 1913 | Cincinnati Reds | 44 | 61 | 11 | – | 2 | 1 | .180 | 190 | 73 |
| 1914 |  Kansas City Packers | 45 | 115 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .243 | 302 | 155 |
| 1915 | Kansas City Packers | 44 | 95 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .232 | 281 | 108 |
| 1916 |  Chicago Cubs | 44 | 54 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .130 | 155 | 36 |
| 1917 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 52 | 15 | – | 1 | – | .288 | 155 | 45 |
| 1918 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 69 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .174 | 181 | 45 |
| 1919 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 50 | 7 | – | 6 | – | .140 | 134 | 25 |