| Gene Crumling | |
| Position: | Catcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Place: | Wrightsville, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Yorkana, Pennsylvania |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 11 |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | September 29 |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Games played |
| Stat1value: | 6 |
| Stat2label: | At bats |
| Stat2value: | 12 |
| Stat3label: | Hits |
| Stat3value: | 1 |
| Stat4label: | RBI |
| Stat4value: | 1 |
| Stat5label: | Batting average |
| Stat5value: | .083 |
Eugene Leon Crumling (April 5, 1922 – February 11, 2012) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1945 season. Listed at, 180 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.[1]
Crumling was one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the majors during World War II. He joined the Cardinals late in the 1945 season, as part of a catching tandem that included Ken O'Dea, Del Rice and Walker Cooper. He posted a .083 batting average in six games.[2]
He also played for eight Minor league teams from 1941 through 1952, hitting a .236 average in 895 games.[3]
Besides this, he managed for three seasons in the Interstate League (1948, 1951) and the Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League (1952).[3]
Crumling died in Yorkana, Pennsylvania, at the age of 89.[4]