Gene Woodling
Eugene Richard
"Old Faithful" Woodling
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: August 16, 1922 in Akron, OH
Signed: 1940 by the Cleveland Indians
Acquired: purchased from the Washington Senators, June 1962
Departed: released, March 1963
Died: June 3, 2001 in Akron, OH
Respected Yankee star who finished up with
the Mets in 1962. Five times posted on-base percentages of greater than .400.
Pictured here on his 1954 Bowman card; note the reversed orientation of the
photo (the Yankees logo is backwards and on the wrong side of his uniform).
Gene's other 1954 card is pictured below. Other cards depicting the many years
of his career are shown below as well; even though he was forty years old, the
early Mets could have benefitted from his kind of production.
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BATTING RECORD YEAR CLUB
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SPLIT SEASONS YEAR CLUB
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This is a list of the cards of this player that
I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said
collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed
in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity
prior to my divestiture. The cards
listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final
deal. Items listed in green I kept out
of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den. At the bottom and listed in orange text are
cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a
certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the
top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas. If an orange card is struck through, it has
also departed the collection. I’m still
accepting donations, should you feel so moved.
Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.
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1951 Bowman |
1952 Bowman |
1952 Topps |
1947-66 Exhibits
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Exhibits |
1951 Bowman #219
1951 Bowman #219 reprint
1952 Bowman #177
1952 Topps #99
1953 Bowman Black & White #31 reprint
1953 Red Man #12 (with tab)
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1954 Topps |
1954 Bowman #209
1954 Topps #101
1955 Topps #190
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1953 Red Man |
1956 Topps #163
1957 Topps #172
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1959 Topps |
1963 Topps |
1958 Topps #398
1959 Topps #170
1960 Topps #190
1961 Topps #275
1962 Post #71
1962 Topps #125
1963 Topps #43 ("Veteran Masters"; with Casey Stengel)
1963 Topps #342
1978 Grand Slam #148
1979 TCMA Baseball History Series #156
1981 The Franchise 1966 Baltimore Orioles #32
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1981 The Franchise Orioles |
1982 Renata Galasso 1963 Mets |
2004 Maryland Lottery Orioles |
1982 Renata Galasso 20 Years of New York Met
Baseball #9
1983 Topps 1952 Reprint Series #99
1988 Pacific Baseball Legends #5
1989 Swell (CMC)
Baseball Greats #102
1991 Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #435
1991 Swell (Impel) Baseball Greats #101
1991 Topps Archives #264 (reprint of 1953
Topps)
1992 Action Packed All-Star Gallery #23
1994 Topps Archives #101 (reprint of 1954 Topps)
2002 Topps Chrome
1952 World Series Refractor #52R-15 (chrome refractor reprint of 1952 Topps #99)
2004 Maryland Lottery Baltimore Orioles 50th
Anniversary #28
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autographed baseball |
Other Gene Woodling memorabilia in my
collection:
autographed baseball
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"His youngest daughter
(my mom) was born during a N. Y. Yankees game, and they announced it over the
speakers. This was July 30th, which happened to be Casey Stengel's birthday
as well. Upon hearing this, Casey came down the bench and told Gene, 'You
better name that girl Casey.' Of course you can imagine what my grandpa said
to that. But his wife really wanted to name my mom Casey. So they had this
huge fight, but my grandpa won. Then once my mom got ahold of the story as
she grew up, she decided to name me (her youngest) Casey, whether I was a
girl or a boy. So that's one cute story that my grandpa always loved to
tell." -- Gene Woodling's granddaughter Casey 4 |