- Gene Desautels
Eugene Abraham Desautels [Red] (
June 13 ,1907 -November 5 ,1994 ) was a backupcatcher inMajor League Baseball who played with four different teams between 1930 and 1946. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Desautels batted and threw right-handed. He was born inWorcester, Massachusetts .Adept at encouraging and supporting young
pitcher s, Desautels spent a long career in baseball catching 19 seasons from 1928 to 1946: three in college (1928-30), 13 in the major leagues (1930-33, 1937-43, 1945-46) and three in the minors (1934-36), losing two years to theMilitary duringWorld War II .Coming off the campus of the
College of the Holy Cross (Crusaders), Desautels entered the majors in 1930 with theDetroit Tigers , playing for them four years before spent the next three seasons in thePacific Coast League with theHollywood Stars and San Diego Padres. He came back to major league in 1937, playing for theBoston Red Sox (1937-40) andCleveland Indians (1941-43). Then, entered theUnited States Marine Corps in February 1944 and was discharged in July 1945, when he rejoined the Indians. He also played for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1946, his last major league season.Desautels enjoyed his most productive season with Boston in 1938, when he posted career-highs in
batting average (.291),home run s (2), RBI (48), runs (47), doubles (16), and games played (108). He compiled a major league career average of .233, including 461 hits, three homers and 187 RBI.Following his playing retirement, Desautels managed the Triple-A
Sacramento Solons . He was inducted into the Holy Cross Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981.Desautels died in
Flint, Michigan , at the age of 87.ee also
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Boston Red Sox all-time roster References
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Gene_Desautels_1907 Baseball Library]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/desauge01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sacramento_Solons BR Bullpen]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdesag101.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net/wiki/index.php/Gene_Desautels Sons of Sam Horn]
* [http://www.garybed.co.uk/those_who_served.htm Baseball in Wartime]
* [http://goholycross.cstv.com/hallfame/holy-hallfame.html Holy Cross Athletics Hall of Fame]
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