Gene Lambert | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1921 |
Birth Place: | Crenshaw, Mississippi |
Death Place: | Germantown, Tennessee |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 14 |
Debutyear: | 1941 |
Debutteam: | Philadelphia Phillies |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | April 26 |
Finalyear: | 1942 |
Finalteam: | Philadelphia Phillies |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 0–1 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 2.70 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 4 |
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Eugene Marion Lambert (April 26, 1921 – February 10, 2000) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies.[1]
Entering professional baseball in 1939, Lambert made his Major League debut on September 14, 1941.[2] His only decision came 10 days later when the Phillies lost to the New York Giants, 2–0, at Shibe Park.[3] He served in the United States Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945.[4] [5] Following his military service, he went back to baseball spending 1946 in the minor leagues.[2]
Lambert died in Germantown, Tennessee, on February 10, 2000, aged 78.