Gene Taylor Hiser (born December 11, 1948) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played five seasons for the Chicago Cubs from 1971 through 1975.

[3] He played briefly with Tacoma in 1971, and spent a portion of the 1971 season on active military duty prior to joining the Cubs for 17 games, hitting .207.

[4][5] Hiser split his time in 1972 between Wrigley Field in Chicago and in Triple-A Wichita, hitting just .192 in 56 big-league at-bats.

[7] Hiser was back in the minors for most of 1974 with Wichita, hitting .282 with 10 home-runs in AAA baseball,[8] but did get a September call-up to Chicago, batting .235 in 17 games.

[23][24] After retiring from the field, Hiser joined the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in Chicago as an agent, and in 1983 partnered with fellow agent James Barrett to found the Barrett and Hiser Financial Group based in Schaumburg, Illinois.