Gene DeMontreville

Gene DeMontreville
Second baseman / Shortstop
Born: (1873-03-10)March 10, 1873 St. Paul, Minnesota
Died: February 18, 1935(1935-02-18) (aged 61) Memphis, Tennessee
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 20, 1894, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
April 26, 1904, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Batting average	.303
Home runs	17
Runs batted in	497
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1894) Washington Senators (1895–1897) Baltimore Orioles (1898–1899) Chicago Orphans (1899) Brooklyn Superbas (1900) Boston Beaneaters (1901–1902) Washington Senators (1903) St. Louis Browns (1904)

Eugene Napoleon DeMontreville (March 10, 1873 – February 18, 1935) was an American professional baseball second baseman and shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Orphans, Brooklyn Superbas, Boston Beaneaters, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns between 1894 and 1904.

DeMontreville had a 36-game hitting streak from 1896 to 1897. The streak was over the last 17 games of 1896 and the first 19 games of 1897. This streak was not discovered until 2007; it ranks as the tenth-longest hitting streak in Major League Baseball history.

DeMontreville's younger brother Lee DeMontreville was also a Major League Baseball player, spending one season with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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