# Gil English

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American baseball player (1909–1996)

Baseball player

Gil English Third baseman Born: (1909-07-02)July 2, 1909 Glenola, North Carolina, U.S. Died: August 31, 1996(1996-08-31) (aged 87) Trinity, North Carolina, U.S. Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 20, 1931, for the New York Giants Last MLB appearance June 11, 1944, for the Brooklyn Dodgers MLB statistics Batting average .245 Home runs 8 Runs batted in 90 Stats at Baseball Reference Teams New York Giants (1931–1932) Detroit Tigers (1936–1937) Boston Bees (1937–1938) Brooklyn Dodgers (1944)

**Gilbert Raymond English** (July 2, 1909 – August 31, 1996) was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) [third baseman](/source/Third_baseman). He played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) (MLB) for the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)), [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers), [Boston Bees](/source/Boston_Bees), and [Brooklyn Dodgers](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers) between 1931 and 1944.[1]

In 240 games over six seasons, English posted a .245 [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) (194-for-791) with 75 [runs](/source/Run_(baseball)), 8 [home runs](/source/Home_runs), 90 [RBIs](/source/RBIs) and 56 [bases on balls](/source/Bases_on_balls). He finished his career with a .948 [fielding percentage](/source/Fielding_percentage).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-statistics_1-0)** ["Gil English Statistics and History"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/engligi01.shtml). "baseball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2017-05-14.

## External links

- Career statistics from [Baseball Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/engligi01.shtml) · [Baseball Reference (Minors)](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=englis001gil) · [Retrosheet](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Penglg101.htm) · [Baseball Almanac](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=engligi01)

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