Gene Layden

{{short description|American baseball player (1894-1984)}}

{{for|other people with this last name|Layden}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Gene Layden

|position=Outfielder

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|3|14|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1984|12|12|1894|3|14}}

|death_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 29

|debutyear={{By|1915}}

|debutteam=New York Yankees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 25

|finalyear={{By|1915}}

|finalteam=New York Yankees

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.286

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• New York Yankees ({{By|1915}})

}}

Eugene Francis Layden (March 14, 1894 – December 12, 1984) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Layden played for the New York Yankees in {{By|1915}}. In three career games, he had two hits in seven at-bats, with two RBIs. He batted and threw left-handed.

Layden was born and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.