Gene Stephens
1952–1964 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics
965G
.240AVG
.325OBP
.355SLG
More career statistics
460H
37HR
207RBI
27SB
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 · Strikeouts | 322 | 327 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 27 | 26 |
| Batting · Walks | 233 | 232 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 965 | 2,195 | 1,913 | 283 | 460 | 78 | 15 | 37 | 207 | 233 | 322 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 679 | .240 | .325 | .355 | .680 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1955-05-11 to 1955-05-29
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1964-08-01 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1953-07-26 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1957-06-23 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 493 | 1114 | 240 | 19 | 110 | 122 | 152 | .247 | .325 | .365 |
| Away | 472 | 1081 | 220 | 18 | 97 | 110 | 175 | .233 | .305 | .345 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 84 | 195 | 31 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 30 | .185 | .277 | .244 |
| May | 160 | 416 | 87 | 4 | 37 | 46 | 62 | .239 | .320 | .341 |
| June | 180 | 389 | 78 | 11 | 40 | 45 | 58 | .233 | .316 | .391 |
| July | 207 | 467 | 102 | 12 | 53 | 45 | 77 | .249 | .315 | .380 |
| August | 179 | 354 | 72 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 44 | .230 | .285 | .364 |
| September | 154 | 370 | 90 | 1 | 27 | 43 | 56 | .281 | .359 | .353 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 135 | 323 | 57 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 56 | .201 | .266 | .265 |
| detroit-tigers | 127 | 259 | 64 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 44 | .276 | .324 | .422 |
| chicago-white-sox | 123 | 277 | 66 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 43 | .274 | .350 | .419 |
| new-york-yankees | 122 | 299 | 64 | 5 | 31 | 32 | 41 | .243 | .321 | .346 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 119 | 259 | 47 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 40 | .211 | .305 | .296 |
| baltimore-orioles | 113 | 256 | 54 | 4 | 27 | 29 | 37 | .239 | .324 | .341 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 98 | 187 | 40 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 26 | .242 | .299 | .418 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | .243 | .310 | .351 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Boston Red Sox | 21 | 53 | 12 | – | 5 | 4 | .226 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 78 | 221 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 3 | .204 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 109 | 157 | 46 | 3 | 18 | – | .293 | – | – |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 105 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 7 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox | 120 | 173 | 46 | 3 | 26 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox | 134 | 270 | 59 | 9 | 25 | 1 | .219 | – | – |
| 1959 | Boston Red Sox | 92 | 270 | 75 | 3 | 39 | 5 | .278 | – | – |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox | 119 | 302 | 71 | 7 | 22 | 9 | .235 | – | – |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics | 94 | 241 | 49 | 4 | 28 | 3 | .203 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Kansas City Athletics | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Chicago White Sox | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | – | .389 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox | 82 | 141 | 33 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .234 | – | – |