Gene Packard

Gene Packard
Gene Packard
	Packard in 1915
	Pitcher
	Born: July 13, 1887; Colorado Springs, Colorado
	Died: May 19, 1959 (aged 71); Riverside, California
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	September 27, 1912, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
	August 14, 1919, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Won/Loss Record	85-69
ERA	3.01
Strikeouts	488
Teams
	Cincinnati Reds (1912–1913); Kansas City Packers (1914–1915); Chicago Cubs (1916–1917); St. Louis Cardinals (1917–1918); Philadelphia Phillies (1919);

Eugene Milo Packard (July 13, 1887, in Colorado Springs, Colorado – May 19, 1959, in Riverside, California) was a professional baseball pitcher who played in the Major Leagues from 1912 through 1919 for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Packers, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.

On August 3, 1918, while with the Cardinals, he gave up 12 runs in a game and did not take the loss. That feat was not matched for 90 years, until Scott Feldman of the Texas Rangers did the same on August 13, 2008.[1][2]

One of the minor league teams Packard played for was the Independence Jewelers, based in Independence, Kansas, in 1908. Packard pitched a one-hit shutout against Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 26.[3] On August 10, the local newspaper headline read "Packard Breaks World's Record". The game the newspaper was referring to was against Bartlesville, Oklahoma on August 8, and Packard had pitched a perfect game.[4]

To this day, he is the only player in major league history to bear the surname Packard.[3]

References

Petraglia, Mike, "Records galore set in Fenway slugfest: Red Sox, Rangers match league mark for runs scored in game," MLB.com, 8/13/08, accessed 8/15/09
Bloch, Teddy, "Fading Yankees see injuries as their downfall," USA Today, 8/13/08, accessed 8/15/09
Lamb, Bill. "Gene Packard". Society for American Baseball Research. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
"Packard Breaks World's Record". Independence Daily Reporter. August 10, 1908.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project
Gene Packard at Find a Grave

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[1] Petraglia, Mike, "Records galore set in Fenway slugfest: Red Sox, Rangers match league mark for runs scored in game," MLB.com, 8/13/08, accessed 8/15/09

[2] Bloch, Teddy, "Fading Yankees see injuries as their downfall," USA Today, 8/13/08, accessed 8/15/09

[SABR-3] Lamb, Bill. "Gene Packard". Society for American Baseball Research. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

[4] "Packard Breaks World's Record". Independence Daily Reporter. August 10, 1908.