Born:(1907-06-13)June 13, 1907 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: November 5, 1994(1994-11-05) (aged 87) Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 22, 1930, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1946, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average
.233
Home runs
3
Runs batted in
187
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1930–1933)
Boston Red Sox (1937–1940)
Cleveland Indians (1941–1943, 1945)
Philadelphia Athletics (1946)
Eugene Abraham "Red" Desautels (June 13, 1907 – November 5, 1994) was an American professional baseball player.[1] He played most of his Major League Baseball career as a backup catcher with four teams between 1930 and 1946.[2] Desautels was a light-hitting player, but was known for his superior defensive ability as a catcher, and for his handling pitching staffs.[2] After his playing career, he served as a manager in minor league baseball.
^Gene Desautels at Baseball Reference
^ abGene Desautels at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Bill Nowlin, Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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