What key details about gene lillard can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: robert eugene lillard -lrb- november 12 , 1913 -- april 12 , 1991 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player . primarily a pitcher in major league baseball , he began his baseball career as an infielder and was a prodigious minor league batsman , slugging over 300 career home runs , including 56 round-trippers as a member of the los angeles angels of the pacific coast league . the older brother of bill lillard , a former major league shortstop , gene lillard was born in santa barbara , california . he threw and batted right-handed , stood tall and weighed . he signed with the chicago cubs in 1932 , and by his second pro season , he had reached the top level of the minors with the pcl angels , leading the league at age 19 with 43 home runs . in 1934 lillard hit 27 more homers for a los angeles team that would storm to the pacific coast league title by winning 137 out of 187 games -lrb- a winning percentage of .733 -rrb- . then came his superlative 1935 season , in which he played in 170 games , scored 157 runs , made 232 hits , drove home 147 rbi , and batted .361 . his 56 homers led the coast league , but lillard was surpassed in several other key batting categories by the loop 's premier player , joe dimaggio of the san francisco seals . in , lillard made the major leagues with the cubs , but he appeared in only 19 games as a shortstop and third baseman and batted only .206 , with seven hits in 34 at bats and only one extra base hit , a double . upon returning to the minors in 1937 , lillard converted to part-time pitcher , and he came back to the majors as a moundsman for the cubs and the st. louis cardinals . working in 22 games pitched , eight as a starter , he lost six of nine decisions and gave up 76 hits and 40 bases on balls with 33 strikeouts in 59 innings pitched . at the plate in the majors , he had eight hits in 44 at-bats , with no homers and two runs batted in . lillard went back to the minor leagues for good in the middle of the 1940 season , and played as a combination pitcher and...
- finalteam is st. louis cardinals- finalyear is 1940- death place is goleta , california- statlabel is win batting average hits -- loss record earned run average innings pitched- position is pitcher/infielder- statvalue is 3 -- 6 7.09 59 2 3 .182 8- throws is right- debutteam is chicago cubs- bats is right- debutdate is may 8- death date is 12 april 1991- birth date is 12 november 1913- finaldate is may 20- name is gene lillard- birth place is santa barbara , california- debutyear is 1936