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Gene Clines
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 363 of 1218 players
Clines
Eugene Anthony Clines
Born: October 6, 1946 at San Pablo, Cal.
Died: January 27, 2022 at Bradenton, Fla. Obituary
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 5.09 Weight: 175

Gene Clines was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on December 12, 2011, November 29, 2018, February 13, 2019, January 27, 2022, and January 28, 2022.

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First Mets game: April 8, 1975
Last Mets game: September 26, 1975

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Paul Sullivan
January 7, 2001
Clines was a poor man's John Milner. A VERY poor man.

Charles
February 22, 2002
I remember that, as a Pittsburgh Pirate, he used to KILL the Mets. When the Mets acquired him, I thought, "Good strategy!!!"

Then he comes over here and hits .227.

So much for stocking the team with guys that "kill you."

Larry Burns
June 10, 2002
Another complete dump job. When he was intially traded by the Pirates for Duffy Dyer, everyone wanted to know what the Pirates were smoking. He was a good major league outfielder. Then he gets to Shea and plays half a season and blows. He could not do anything well. It was a one season experiment gone bad. How come teams can completely outsmart the Mets on trades like these?

Joe Figliola
March 11, 2003
Topps rush-released a Gene Clines Mets baseball card in 1975 that featured the line, "His 14 stolen bases last year topped any NY Met." I think Topps put the hex on poor Gene; the gangly Dave Kingman wound up leading the team in thefts that year.

Kiwiwriter
September 8, 2004
Another one of those guys of whom you say, "Oh, he played for the Mets once?"

Good with the Pirates, fell down with the Mets, like Larry Bowa.

Buzz
March 18, 2005
In 1975 I traded 2 Yankee cards to my best friend (he was a big Yankee fan) for Joe Torre and Gene Clines. This major trasaction took place in the auditorium of P.S. 222 in Brooklyn. I remember thinking Clines was great because of all the years he hit .300 (for he Pirates) on the back of his card. I mean even his lifetime average was over .300! I hated to see Duffy Dyer go but I thought we were getting the next NL batting leader. Little did I know....

VIBaseball
October 15, 2010
I'm digging the '70s whiskers Gene is sporting in his Mets photo. I had not realized he spent quite a few years as a big-league coach from 1988-2002.

JC
April 9, 2017
As a Pirates fan, I recall Gene was an absolute Met killer! With Bucs, he was just a bench warmer (hard to break in to Bucs outfield with players like Oliver, Parker, Zisk, etc!) Well, Mets thought they were getting a great deal in landing Gene. He had the opportunity to blossom as a Starter in NY, but he was pretty bad. I was sad to see him decline in NY. Great guy!








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