Gene Layden

Eugene Francis Layden

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

• Debut July 29, 1915
• Final Game September 25, 1915
• Born March 14, 1894 in Pittsburgh, PA USA
• Died December 12, 1984 in Pittsburgh, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Gene Layden was an outfielder who had a cup of coffee with the New York Yankees in 1915. He was a World War I Veteran (BN). Later he retired as a supervisor for a Park in Brookline. He died at age 90 from heart disease at Forbes Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA and is buried at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Pittsburgh.

Principal source is The Baseball Necrology

Related Sites

Find-A-Grave Memorial for Gene Layden