Gene Freese

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: January 8, 1934 in Wheeling, WV us

Died: June 19, 2013 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

High School: Wheeling Central HS (Wheeling, WV)

School: West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV)

Debut: April 13, 1955 (Age 21-095d, 11,205th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 3, 1966 (Age 32-238d)
vs. ATL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Eugene Lewis Freese

Nicknames: Augie

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Relatives: Brother of George Freese

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.6

3446

877

115

.255

429

RBI

432

OBP

.305

SLG

.418

OPS

.723

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
2	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	2	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	GS	13	3.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
6	8 (2)	Apr 27	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	9	Apr 28	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	12 (2)	May 1	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	13	May 2	PIT	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	54	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
10	14	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
11	15	May 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	16	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	39	9.1	2	3	0	5	0	2B 3B
13	17	May 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B 3B
14	18	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,6-6	CG	38	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
15	19	May 8	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
16	20	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
17	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B 3B
18	22	May 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	GS	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B 3B
19	23	May 13 susp	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
20	24	May 16	PIT		CIN	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
21	25	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	26	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
23	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	28	May 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	29	May 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
26	30	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	GS	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 2B
27	31	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
28	32	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	33	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
30	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	GS	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	3B 2B
32	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
33	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	GS	67	15.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	38	May 31	PIT		NYG	W,3-0	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	39	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	40	Jun 2	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
37	41	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
38	42	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	43	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	44	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	GS	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
41	45	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	46	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
43	47	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	GS	29	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
44	48	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,11-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	49	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
46	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B 3B
47	51	Jun 15	PIT		STL	W,12-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	53 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GF	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 2B 3B
49	54	Jun 17 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
50	55	Jun 18	PIT		MLN	L,2-3	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	56	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	57	Jun 20	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	GS	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
53	59 (1)	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GF	0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	60	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
55	64 (3)	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
56	66 (1)	Jun 30	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	148 (81)	Sep 18	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
58	153 (4)	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
59	154	Sep 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
60	157 (2)	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
							73gm		453.1	69	115	4	188	9