Gene Alley

Leonard Eugene Alley (born July 10, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1963-73).

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Alley was a modest hitter but an exceptionally steady shortstop with good range and an accurate throwing arm. He won two Gold Glove Awards at shortstop (1966-67) and also garnered two All-Star appearances primarily on the strength of his glove. He spent most of his career turning double plays with second baseman Bill Mazeroski, and the duo set a MLB record of 161 double plays in a season in 1966 that still stands (when the Pirates set a NL record with 215 total double plays). They also joined a select list of eight shortstop-second baseman duos to each win a gold glove the same season while playing together twice (1967-68). Shoulder and knee problems ultimately ended his career and prevented him from realizing his full potential.

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YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS

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1963 Pirates 22 17 51 3 11 1 0 0 0.00 0 2 12 0 1 .216 .235 .245 .481

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1964 Pirates 23 81 209 30 44 3 1 6 2.87 13 21 56 0 1 .211 .321 .286 .607

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1965 Pirates 24 153 500 47 126 21 6 5 1.00 47 32 82 7 2 .252 .348 .302 .650

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1966 Pirates 25 147 579 88 173 28 10 7 1.21 43 27 83 8 8 .299 .418 .334 .752

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1967 Pirates 26 152 550 59 158 25 7 6 1.09 55 36 70 10 5 .287 .391 .337 .728

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1968 Pirates 27 133 474 48 116 20 2 4 0.84 39 39 78 13 5 .245 .321 .307 .628

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1969 Pirates 28 82 285 28 70 3 2 8 2.81 32 19 48 4 0 .246 .354 .293 .648

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1970 Pirates 29 121 426 46 104 16 5 8 1.88 41 31 70 7 3 .244 .362 .297 .659

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1971 Pirates 30 114 348 38 79 8 7 6 1.72 28 35 43 9 2 .227 .342 .296 .638

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1972 Pirates 31 119 347 30 86 12 2 3 0.86 36 38 52 4 3 .248 .320 .321 .641

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1973 Pirates 32 76 158 25 32 3 2 2 1.27 8 20 28 1 0 .203 .285 .292 .577

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TOTALS 1195 3927 442 999 140 44 55 1.40 342 300 622 63 30 .254 .354 .310 .665

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LG AVERAGE 3975 483 1033 159 31 93 2.33 448 365 610 58 35 .260 .385 .324 .709

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POS AVERAGE 3856 410 932 121 30 27 0.70 286 311 506 71 41 .242 .310 .300 .610

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YEAR TEAM RC RCAA RCAP OWP RC/G TB EBH ISO SEC BPA IBB HBP SAC SF GIDP OUTS PA POS

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1963 Pirates 3 -4 -4 .184 1.80 12 1 .020 .039 .226 0 0 3 0 1 45 56 3B

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1964 Pirates 19 -9 -4 .330 3.00 67 10 .110 .206 .368 2 2 0 2 3 171 234 SS

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1965 Pirates 51 -11 7 .406 3.52 174 32 .096 .170 .380 9 4 3 1 11 391 540 SS

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1966 Pirates 79 6 20 .532 4.79 242 45 .119 .166 .433 0 5 20 3 8 445 634 SS

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1967 Pirates 70 4 27 .524 4.46 215 38 .104 .178 .414 5 7 7 4 16 424 604 SS

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1968 Pirates 44 -11 8 .397 3.01 152 26 .076 .175 .353 6 5 9 3 20 395 530 SS

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1969 Pirates 28 -7 0 .392 3.30 101 13 .109 .189 .375 1 1 2 2 10 229 309 2B

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1970 Pirates 46 -12 5 .388 3.69 154 29 .117 .200 .401 9 3 2 4 6 337 466 SS

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1971 Pirates 36 -8 6 .404 3.43 119 21 .115 .236 .403 14 0 4 2 6 283 389 SS

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1972 Pirates 36 -8 5 .408 3.55 111 17 .072 .184 .373 10 0 3 1 6 274 389 SS

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1973 Pirates 12 -9 -2 .262 2.36 45 7 .082 .215 .326 6 0 3 0 8 137 181 SS

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TOTALS 424 -69 68 .427 3.66 1392 239 .100 .185 .388 62 27 56 22 95 3131 4332

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LG AVERAGE 499 0 0 .500 4.31 1531 282 .125 .223 .422 51 26 36 29 89 3131 4430

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POS AVERAGE 362 -138 0 .351 3.12 1195 179 .068 .157 .350 40 19 61 22 83 3131 4269

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GENE ALLEY LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

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1965 NL

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WORST OPS 9TH .650

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1966 NL

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DOUBLES T10TH 28;

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TRIPLES T4TH 10;

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SACRIFICES 2ND 20

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1967 NL

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HIT BY PITCHES T5TH 7;

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GIDP T7TH 16

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1968 NL

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WORST OPS 10TH .628;

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GIDP T2ND 20

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1971 NL

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TRIPLES T10TH 7;

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INTENTIONAL WALKS T7TH 14

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See also

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• List of Gold Glove middle infield duos
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