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George Freese
George Walter Freese (Bud)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
School West Virginia University

Debut April 29, 1953
Final Game May 31, 1961
Born September 12, 1926 in Wheeling, WV

Brother of Gene Freese

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 26 DET AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1955 28 PIT NL  51  179   17   46   8  2   3   22   1  1  17  18  .257  .327  .374   88   67   3   1   2   2   7
 1961 34 CHC NL   9    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .286  .375  .286   79    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       61  187   17   48   8  2   3   23   1  1  18  22  .257  .327  .369   86   69   3   1   2   2   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        497   45  127  21  5   8   61   3  3  48  58  .257  .327  .369   86  183   8   3   5   5  19
 Career High     51  179   17   46   8  2   3   22   1  1  17  18                          67   3   1   2   2   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 26 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0   101| .000  .268| .000  .344| .000  .395| .000  .739|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1955 28 PIT NL  202  145   21   3.9   104| .257  .263| .327  .334| .374  .417| .701  .750|  88  .414  -3.0  -0.3  50%
 1961 34 CHC NL    8    5    1   5.3   106| .286  .271| .375  .338| .286  .422| .661  .760|  79  .562  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       211  151   22   3.9   104| .257  .263| .327  .334| .369  .417| .696  .751|  86  .417  -3.5  -0.3  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 28 PIT NL 3B 50 50 82 9 3 .936 .951 2.64 2.81
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 28 PIT NL 3B 50 50 82 9 3 .936 .951 2.64 2.81
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 50 50 82 9 3 .936 .951 2.64 2.81 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 50 50 82 9 3 .936 .951 2.64 2.81
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1952: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1952 rule 5 draft.

April 7, 1953: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Browns.

May 13, 1953: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Detroit Tigers.

June 4, 1953: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Addis, Toby Atwell, Gene Hermanski, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, and $150,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Howie Pollet, and Catfish Metkovich.

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1955 minor league draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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