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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

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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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 21 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF 3B
2	6	Apr 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
3	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
4	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	11 (2)	Apr 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	12	Apr 30	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	13	May 1	PIT		STL	L,2-9	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
8	15 (1)	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B 3B
9	16	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
10	17	May 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	22 (3)	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
13	24 (1)	May 12 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-1	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B 3B
14	26 (1)	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	27	May 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	LF
16	31 (3)	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
17	32	May 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
18	33	May 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
19	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	49	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
22	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
23	38	May 31	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	40 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	41	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	42	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
27	43	Jun 4	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	3B 2B
28	44	Jun 5	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 2B
29	45	Jun 6	PIT		STL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
30	46	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
31	47	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
32	48	Jun 9 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
33	49	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	50	Jun 11	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
35	51	Jun 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	52	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	53	Jun 14	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	55 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
39	56	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
40	57	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B 2B
41	58	Jun 18	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
42	59	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
43	61 (1)	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
44	64 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
45	70 (5)	Jun 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	95 (24)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
47	102 (6)	Jul 30	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
48	103	Jul 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	104	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	8	1	9	1	3B
50	105	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
51	106	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	2	2	1	5	1	3B
52	107	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	108	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	109	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	110	Aug 10	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
56	111	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
57	112	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	114	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
60	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	116	Aug 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	117	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	119 (1)	Aug 20	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
64	120	Aug 22	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
65	121	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
66	122	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
67	123	Aug 25 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
68	124	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
69	125	Aug 27	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
70	126	Aug 28	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	127	Aug 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	128	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	129	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
74	130	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	3B
75	131	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	2	3B
76	132	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	49	11.2	0	3	1	4	0	3B
78	134	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	GS	21	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	141 (6)	Sep 11	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	142	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	143	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	144	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	145	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	146	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
85	147	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
86	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
87	154 (5)	Sep 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
88	155	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
							94gm		721.1	94	149	18	261	20