Gene Clines, a 10-year major-league vet who spent his first five seasons with the Pirates and was part of their 1971 World Series winning team, has died.
He was 75 years old.
Clines’ Pirate career began when he was selected in the sixth round of the 1966 amateur draft. He made his major-league debut four years later, and went on to hit .277 with 645 hits, five home runs, 341 runs scored and 71 stolen bases over his career.
Clines was also part of the first all-minority lineup in baseball history on Sept. 1, 1971, batting second and playing center field.