Gene Lillard
Inducted as a player in 2010
Position: Infielder, Catcher, Pitcher
Height: 5-10
Weight: 195
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Born: November 12, 1913 in Goleta, CA
Died: April 12, 1991 in Goleta, CA
Teams (Years Played)
- Los Angeles Angels (1932-35; 1938, 1940)
- San Francisco Seals (1937)
- Sacramento Solons (1942, 1946)
- Oakland Oaks (1947-48)
Notes: Led the PCL in home runs in 1933 and 1935...Also pitched in 72 PCL games, posting a 35-25 record with 306 strikeouts over 478.1 innings pitched...Part of three PCL championship-winning teams, including the 1933 and 1934 Los Angeles Angels as well as the 1948 Oakland Oaks...Pitched in 22 Major League games while playing in another 22 as an infielder.
PCL Career Batting Statistics
| Year | Team | Pos | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | K | BB | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Los Angeles | 3B | 40 | 141 | 21 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 2 | .312 | ||
| 1933 | Los Angeles | 3B | 183 | 645 | 129 | 198 | 24 | 7 | 43 | 149 | 2 | .307 | ||
| 1934 | Los Angeles | 3B/1B/OF | 171 | 592 | 104 | 171 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 119 | 10 | .289 | ||
| 1935 | Los Angeles | 3B | 170 | 642 | 157 | 232 | 31 | 4 | 56 | 147 | 8 | .361 | ||
| 1937 | San Francisco | 3B | 87 | 175 | 42 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 2 | .326 | ||
| 1938 | Los Angeles | P | 43 | 93 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 0 | .312 | ||
| 1940 | Los Angeles | P | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 | ||
| 1942 | Sacramento | 3B/1B | 29 | 97 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .340 |
| 1946 | Sacramento | OF/2B/3B | 138 | 441 | 66 | 118 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 59 | 84 | 75 | 9 | .268 |
| 1947 | Oakland | 3B/C/OF | 110 | 291 | 45 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 45 | 34 | 1 | .258 |
| 1948 | Oakland | C | 23 | 59 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .203 |
| Totals (11 seasons) | 1,007 | 3,194 | 602 | 971 | 148 | 30 | 174 | 637 | 148 | 126 | 36 | .304 | ||
PCL Career Pitching Statistics
| Year | Team | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | W | L | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | San Francisco | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 214.0 | 242 | 125 | 105 | 145 | 116 | 4.42 | |
| 1938 | Los Angeles | 29 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 203.0 | 199 | 91 | 79 | 144 | 83 | 3.50 |
| 1940 | Los Angeles | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42.2 | 53 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 1942 | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1946 | Sacramento | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 1947 | Oakland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Totals (6 seasons) | 72 | 35 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 25 | 478.1 | 511 | 216 | 184 | 306 | 231 | 3.97 | |