Gene Freese

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Full Name: Eugene Lewis Freese	Primary Position: 3B,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175	First Game: April 13, 1955
Birthdate: January 8, 1934	Final Game: September 3, 1966
Birthplace: Wheeling, West Virginia	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Gene Freese (Eugene Lewis Freese) was born on January 8, 1934 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1955 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .253 with 14 home runs and 44 RBI. Freese played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Gene Freese's best season was 1961, when he slugged 26 home runs, hit for a .277 average and knocked in 87 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	PIT	N	134	455	69	115	14	44	.253	.310	.426	21	8	34	57	4	16	5	4	10
1956	PIT	N	65	207	17	43	3	14	.208	.273	.295	9	0	16	45	3	3	2	3	0
1957	PIT	N	114	346	44	98	6	31	.283	.319	.399	18	2	17	42	2	5	9	0	4
1958	STL	N	62	191	28	49	6	16	.257	.294	.419	11	1	10	32	0	1	1	0	1
1958	PIT	N	17	18	1	3	1	2	.167	.211	.333	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
1958	TOT	N	79	209	29	52	7	18	.249	.286	.411	11	1	11	34	0	1	1	0	2
1959	PHI	N	132	400	60	107	23	70	.268	.343	.500	14	5	43	61	5	5	8	4	8
1960	CHI	A	127	455	60	124	17	79	.273	.312	.481	32	6	29	65	1	8	10	2	15
1961	CIN	N	152	575	78	159	26	87	.277	.307	.466	27	2	27	78	0	1	8	5	17
1962	CIN	N	18	42	2	6	0	1	.143	.250	.167	1	0	6	8	0	0	0	2	2
1963	CIN	N	66	217	20	53	6	26	.244	.303	.378	9	1	17	42	2	2	4	2	2
1964	PIT	N	99	289	33	65	9	40	.225	.269	.377	13	2	19	45	0	7	1	4	8
1965	PIT	N	43	80	6	21	0	8	.262	.326	.313	4	0	6	18	2	0	0	1	5
1965	CHI	A	17	32	2	9	1	4	.281	.368	.438	0	1	5	9	0	0	0	0	0
1965	Total		60	112	8	30	1	12	.268	.339	.348	4	1	11	27	2	0	0	1	5
1966	HOU	N	21	33	1	3	0	0	.091	.211	.091	0	0	5	11	0	0	1	0	1
1966	CHI	A	48	106	8	22	3	10	.208	.270	.311	2	0	8	20	1	0	2	1	1
1966	Total		69	139	9	25	3	10	.180	.255	.259	2	0	13	31	1	0	3	1	2
Total	NL		923	2853	359	722	94	339	.253	.305	.411	127	21	201	441	18	40	39	25	59
Total	AL		192	593	70	155	21	93	.261	.308	.449	34	7	42	94	2	8	12	3	16
Total			1115	3446	429	877	115	432	.254	.305	.418	161	28	243	535	20	48	51	28	75

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	PIT	N	3B	65	0	0	55	127	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1955	PIT	N	2B	57	0	0	128	173	11	41	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1956	PIT	N	3B	47	0	0	38	65	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1956	PIT	N	2B	26	0	0	31	50	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	LF	10	7	63	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1957	PIT	N	2B	10	4	52	13	16	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	3B	74	69	606.1	62	132	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1957	PIT	N	OF	10	7	63	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1958	STL	N	2B	14	13	110.2	32	25	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.934
1958	STL	N	3B	3	2	26	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	STL	N	SS	28	27	212.2	45	52	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1958	PIT	N	3B	1	1	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1958	TOT	N	3B	4	3	34	5	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1959	PHI	N	2B	6	3	25	8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1959	PHI	N	3B	109	103	892.1	83	156	22	15	0	0	0	0	0	.916
1960	CHI	A	3B	122	120	1043.1	88	263	20	29	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1961	CIN	N	2B	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	CIN	N	3B	151	151	1309	123	254	20	23	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1962	CIN	N	3B	10	10	86	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	CIN	N	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1963	CIN	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1963	CIN	N	3B	62	62	530.1	44	103	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1964	PIT	N	3B	72	67	584.1	48	112	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1965	PIT	N	3B	19	17	132	12	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1965	CHI	A	3B	8	8	64	4	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.824
1965	Total		3B	27	25	196	16	37	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.914
1966	HOU	N	3B	4	2	26	4	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1966	HOU	N	LF	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	HOU	N	2B	3	2	20	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	HOU	N	OF	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	CHI	A	3B	34	24	225	12	64	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	.894
1966	Total		3B	38	26	251	16	72	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	.880
Total			LF	12	8	69	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
Total			2B	117	22	209.2	216	275	16	57	0	0	0	0	0	.968
Total			OF	12	8	69	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
Total			3B	781	636	5532.2	589	1341	136	129	0	0	0	0	0	.934
Total			SS	28	27	212.2	45	52	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	.924

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 25, 1953).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny O'Brien to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Dick Schofield and cash (June 15, 1958).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Solly Hemus (September 29, 1958).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Johnny Callison (December 9, 1959).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Juan Pizarro and Cal McLish (December 15, 1960).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates (November 26, 1963).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago White Sox (August 23, 1965).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Houston Astros in exchange for Jim Mahoney and cash (July 20, 1966).

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