Died: January 21, 1980(1980-01-21) (aged 73) Park Ridge, Illinois
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 22, 1931, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
June 6, 1931, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Games played
17
Batting average
.179
Runs batted in
1
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1931)
Eugene Rudolph Rye [Half-Pint] (November 15, 1906 – January 21, 1980) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Boston Red Sox during the 1931 season.
Listed at 5'6", 165 lb., Rye batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
His birth name was Eugene Rudolph Mercantelli, the son of Amedeo Menotti Mercantelli (1866-1950) and Daria "Dora" Frediani (1867-1920).[1] He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Rye married Julia Swentko on October 28, 1950.[1]
Used as a pinch hitter by Boston, Rye also shared duties at left field with Al Van Camp and Jack Rothrock. In a 17-game career, he posted a .179 batting average (7-for-39) with three runs and one run batted in with no extra-base hits. In 10 outfield appearances, he had 10 putouts and committed an error for a .944 fielding percentage.
Rye hit three home runs in one inning in 1930 while playing with the Waco Cubs in the Texas League.[2] The third home run is considered one of the greatest minor league baseball home runs of all time.[3]
When Rye was 29 years old he finished his professional baseball career after his 1936 season.[1]
Rye died at the age of 73 in Park Ridge, Illinois.
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of ryegenes in the background of wheat cytoplasm and the predominant wheat nuclear genome. This makes it difficult to realise the potential of rye in...
so much as hit three home runs in one inning. One minor league player, GeneRye, hit three home runs in a single inning. Set by Ty Cobb in 1928 after beginning...
including Elymus wiegandii, commonly known as Canada wild rye or Canadian wildrye, is a species of wild rye native to much of North America. It is most abundant...
led NL in fielding four times and double plays three times January 21 – GeneRye, 73, outfielder for the 1931 Boston Red Sox February 1 – Fred Walters,...
weedy rye species help provide a huge gene pool that can be used for improvement of the cultivated rye. The genus Secale includes the cultivated rye and...
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Shanying (2021). "Characterization of a new gene for resistance to wheat powdery mildew on chromosome 1RL of wild rye Secale sylvestre". Theoretical and Applied...
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that game by a score of 13–3. During the Cubs 1930 season, outfielder GeneRye hit three home runs in one inning. The Cubs were sold in 1931 for US$23...
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and five World Series RBI, helped lead Bucs to the title. January 21 – GeneRye, 73, outfielder for the 1931 Boston Red Sox. January 24 – Buck Etchison...
genera found in this tribe include wheat (see wheat taxonomy), barley, and rye; crops in other genera include some for human consumption, and others used...
grasses such as rye have been a source of many disease-resistance traits for cultivated wheat breeding since the 1930s. Some resistance genes have been identified...
tolerant of drought and soil salinity but is less winter-hardy than wheat or rye. In 2022, barley was fourth among grains in quantity produced, 155 million...
screenwriting credits include the Sky Comedy series Bloods (2021–2022) and the film Rye Lane (2023). Bryon was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to a white British...
laboratory culture. However, although N. coenophialum possesses all the genes for loline biosynthesis, it does not produce lolines in culture. So in the...
members of the tribe Triticeae (e.g. Sr31 from rye: 15 and Sr44 from Thinopyrum intermedium). None of the Sr genes provide resistance to all races of stem rust...
Mama (Delmark, recorded 1945, compiled for release in 1992) Rye, Howard (2003). "Porter, Gene [Eugene]". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University...
cereal grain was created in 1875, by crossing wheat and rye. Since then traits including dwarfing genes and rust resistance have been introduced in that manner...
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