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Gene Freese
Eugene Lewis Freese (Augie)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School West Liberty State College

Debut April 13, 1955
Final Game September 3, 1966
Born January 8, 1934 in Wheeling, WV

Brother of George Freese

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 21 PIT NL 134  455   69  115  21  8  14   44   5  1  34  57  .253  .310  .426   95  194  16   1   4   4  10
 1956 22 PIT NL  65  207   17   43   9  0   3   14   2  1  16  45  .208  .273  .295   55   61   3   1   3   3   0
 1957 23 PIT NL 114  346   44   98  18  2   6   31   9  4  17  42  .283  .319  .399   94  138   5   2   0   2   4
 1958 24 TOT NL  79  209   29   52  11  1   7   18   1  1  11  34  .249  .286  .411   80   86   1   0   0   0   2
         PIT NL  17   18    1    3   0  0   1    2   0  0   1   2  .167  .211  .333   43    6   0   0   0   0   1
         STL NL  62  191   28   49  11  1   6   16   1  1  10  32  .257  .294  .419   83   80   1   0   0   0   1
 1959 25 PHI NL 132  400   60  107  14  5  23   70   8  4  43  61  .268  .343  .500  121  200   5   4   4   5   8
 1960 26 CHW AL 127  455   60  124  32  6  17   79  10  6  29  65  .273  .312  .481  112  219   8   8   2   1  15
 1961 27 CIN NL 152  575   78  159  27  2  26   87   8  2  27  78  .277  .307  .466  101  268   1   3   5   0  17
 1962 28 CIN NL  18   42    2    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   6   8  .143  .250  .167   13    7   0   0   2   0   2
 1963 29 CIN NL  66  217   20   53   9  1   6   26   4  2  17  42  .244  .303  .378   93   82   2   2   2   2   2
 1964 30 PIT NL  99  289   33   65  13  2   9   40   1  2  19  45  .225  .269  .377   80  109   7   4   4   0   8
 1965 31 TOT     60  112    8   30   4  1   1   12   0  2  11  27  .268  .339  .348   96   39   0   2   1   2   5
         PIT NL  43   80    6   21   4  0   0    8   0  2   6  18  .263  .326  .313   81   25   0   1   1   2   5
         CHW AL  17   32    2    9   0  1   1    4   0  0   5   9  .281  .368  .438  136   14   0   1   0   0   0
 1966 32 TOT     69  139    9   25   2  0   3   10   3  1  13  31  .180  .255  .259   52   36   0   0   1   1   2
         CHW AL  48  106    8   22   2  0   3   10   2  1   8  20  .208  .270  .311   72   33   0   0   1   1   1
         HOU NL  21   33    1    3   0  0   0    0   1  0   5  11  .091  .211  .091   -9    3   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1115 3446  429  877 161 28 115  432  51 26 243 535  .254  .305  .418   94 1439  48  27  28  20  75
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        501   62  127  23  4  17   63   7  4  35  78  .254  .305  .418   94  209   7   4   4   3  11
 Career High    152  575   78  159  32  8  26   87  10  6  43  78  .283  .343  .500  121  268  16   8   5   5  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 21 PIT NL  510  368   60   4.4   104| .253  .263| .310  .334| .426  .417| .736  .750|  95  .468  -4.7  -0.5  83%
 1956 22 PIT NL  230  169   18   2.8   101| .208  .262| .273  .328| .295  .413| .568  .741|  55  .305 -13.1  -1.3  66%
 1957 23 PIT NL  372  263   44   4.6   100| .283  .265| .319  .328| .399  .410| .718  .738|  94  .491  -2.9  -0.3  69%
 1958 24 TOT NL  221  161   25   4.2   109| .249  .274| .286  .342| .411  .427| .697  .769|  80  .449  -7.0  -0.7  50%
         PIT NL   19   16    1   1.7   103| .167  .266| .211  .333| .333  .416| .544  .749|  43  .134  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         STL NL  202  145   24   4.4   109| .257  .274| .294  .343| .419  .428| .713  .771|  83  .478  -5.4  -0.5  50%
 1959 25 PHI NL  457  314   69   5.9   106| .268  .271| .343  .338| .500  .420| .843  .757| 121  .608  11.0   1.1  66%
 1960 26 CHW AL  501  368   64   4.7   101| .273  .263| .312  .337| .481  .403| .793  .740| 112  .520   6.1   0.6  62%
 1961 27 CIN NL  606  439   77   4.7   107| .277  .272| .307  .339| .466  .424| .773  .763| 101  .503  -2.2  -0.2  80%
 1962 28 CIN NL   48   38    2   1.4   106| .143  .275| .250  .342| .167  .417| .417  .759|  13  .105  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1963 29 CIN NL  240  172   26   4.1    92| .244  .258| .303  .320| .378  .385| .681  .705|  93  .518  -2.1  -0.2  66%
 1964 30 PIT NL  319  245   28   3.1    94| .225  .263| .269  .321| .377  .391| .646  .712|  80  .372  -8.0  -0.8  33%
 1965 31 TOT     127   91   13   3.8    92| .268  .254| .339  .319| .348  .386| .687  .706|  96  .470  -0.1   0.0   0%
         PIT NL   89   67    7   2.8    94| .263  .259| .326  .323| .313  .392| .639  .715|  81  .331  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         CHW AL   38   24    6   6.7    86| .281  .243| .368  .311| .438  .372| .806  .683| 136  .719   1.6   0.2   0%
 1966 32 TOT     153  117   10   2.3    85| .180  .244| .255  .308| .259  .374| .514  .682|  52  .267  -8.6  -0.9  75%
         CHW AL  115   86    9   2.8    84| .208  .240| .270  .306| .311  .371| .581  .676|  72  .355  -3.9  -0.4  66%
         HOU NL   38   31    1   0.9    90| .091  .256| .211  .314| .091  .386| .302  .700|  -9  .052  -4.7  -0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3784 2745  436   4.3   101| .254  .265| .305  .332| .418  .409| .723  .741|  94  .477 -36.7  -3.7  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 21 PIT NL 3B 65 55 127 11 16 .943 .951 2.80 2.81 2B 57 128 173 11 41 .965 .974 5.28 5.00 1956 22 PIT NL 3B 47 38 65 4 2 .963 .956 2.19 2.64 2.94 3.05 35 315.0 2B 26 31 50 0 7 1.000 .979 3.12 4.66 5.31 5.33 15 137.3 1957 23 PIT NL 3B 74 62 132 16 16 .924 .952 2.62 2.71 2.88 2.96 69 606.3 LF 10 19 1 2 0 .909 .980 2.00 1.71 2.86 2.03 7 63.0 2B 10 13 16 0 4 1.000 .976 2.90 4.97 5.02 5.37 4 52.0 1958 24 TOT NL 3B 4 5 10 1 0 .938 .949 3.75 2.88 3.97 3.18 3 34.0 PIT NL 3B 1 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 4.00 2.90 4.50 3.15 1 8.0 STL NL SS 28 45 52 8 10 .924 .964 3.46 4.57 4.10 5.11 27 212.7 2B 14 32 25 4 4 .934 .974 4.07 4.76 4.63 5.33 13 110.7 3B 3 5 6 0 0 1.000 .948 3.67 2.87 3.81 3.18 2 26.0 1959 25 PHI NL 3B 109 83 156 22 15 .916 .950 2.19 2.66 2.41 2.97 103 892.3 2B 6 8 4 1 1 .923 .976 2.00 4.78 4.32 5.26 3 25.0 1960 26 CHW AL 3B 122 88 263 20 29 .946 .952 2.88 2.72 3.03 3.14 120 1043.3 1961 27 CIN NL 3B 151 123 254 20 23 .950 .948 2.50 2.60 2.59 2.92 151 1309.0 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.90 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 1962 28 CIN NL 3B 10 11 10 0 1 1.000 .950 2.10 2.56 2.20 2.95 10 86.0 1963 29 CIN NL 3B 62 44 103 11 8 .930 .941 2.37 2.54 2.49 2.93 62 530.3 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1964 30 PIT NL 3B 72 48 112 14 12 .920 .941 2.22 2.60 2.46 2.93 67 584.3 1965 31 TOT 3B 27 16 37 5 2 .914 .953 1.96 2.59 2.43 2.93 25 196.0 PIT NL 3B 19 12 27 2 1 .951 .951 2.05 2.47 2.66 2.82 17 132.0 CHW AL 3B 8 4 10 3 1 .824 .959 1.75 2.88 1.97 3.14 8 64.0 1966 32 TOT 3B 38 16 72 12 5 .880 .953 2.32 2.78 3.16 3.03 26 251.0 CHW AL 3B 34 12 64 9 5 .894 .954 2.24 2.80 3.04 3.03 24 225.0 HOU NL 3B 4 4 8 3 0 .800 .952 3.00 2.65 4.15 3.05 2 26.0 2B 3 2 7 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 4.67 4.05 5.31 2 20.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.40 3.60 1.80 1 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 21 PIT NL 2B 57 128 173 11 41 .965 .974 5.28 5.00 1956 22 PIT NL 2B 26 31 50 0 7 1.000 .979 3.12 4.66 5.31 5.33 15 137.3 1957 23 PIT NL 2B 10 13 16 0 4 1.000 .976 2.90 4.97 5.02 5.37 4 52.0 1958 24 STL NL 2B 14 32 25 4 4 .934 .974 4.07 4.76 4.63 5.33 13 110.7 1959 25 PHI NL 2B 6 8 4 1 1 .923 .976 2.00 4.78 4.32 5.26 3 25.0 1961 27 CIN NL 2B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.90 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 1966 32 HOU NL 2B 3 2 7 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 4.67 4.05 5.31 2 20.0 1955 21 PIT NL 3B 65 55 127 11 16 .943 .951 2.80 2.81 1956 22 PIT NL 3B 47 38 65 4 2 .963 .956 2.19 2.64 2.94 3.05 35 315.0 1957 23 PIT NL 3B 74 62 132 16 16 .924 .952 2.62 2.71 2.88 2.96 69 606.3 1958 24 TOT NL 3B 4 5 10 1 0 .938 .949 3.75 2.88 3.97 3.18 3 34.0 PIT NL 3B 1 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 4.00 2.90 4.50 3.15 1 8.0 STL NL 3B 3 5 6 0 0 1.000 .948 3.67 2.87 3.81 3.18 2 26.0 1959 25 PHI NL 3B 109 83 156 22 15 .916 .950 2.19 2.66 2.41 2.97 103 892.3 1960 26 CHW AL 3B 122 88 263 20 29 .946 .952 2.88 2.72 3.03 3.14 120 1043.3 1961 27 CIN NL 3B 151 123 254 20 23 .950 .948 2.50 2.60 2.59 2.92 151 1309.0 1962 28 CIN NL 3B 10 11 10 0 1 1.000 .950 2.10 2.56 2.20 2.95 10 86.0 1963 29 CIN NL 3B 62 44 103 11 8 .930 .941 2.37 2.54 2.49 2.93 62 530.3 1964 30 PIT NL 3B 72 48 112 14 12 .920 .941 2.22 2.60 2.46 2.93 67 584.3 1965 31 TOT 3B 27 16 37 5 2 .914 .953 1.96 2.59 2.43 2.93 25 196.0 PIT NL 3B 19 12 27 2 1 .951 .951 2.05 2.47 2.66 2.82 17 132.0 CHW AL 3B 8 4 10 3 1 .824 .959 1.75 2.88 1.97 3.14 8 64.0 1966 32 TOT 3B 38 16 72 12 5 .880 .953 2.32 2.78 3.16 3.03 26 251.0 CHW AL 3B 34 12 64 9 5 .894 .954 2.24 2.80 3.04 3.03 24 225.0 HOU NL 3B 4 4 8 3 0 .800 .952 3.00 2.65 4.15 3.05 2 26.0 1957 23 PIT NL LF 10 19 1 2 0 .909 .980 2.00 1.71 2.86 2.03 7 63.0 1963 29 CIN NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1966 32 HOU NL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.40 3.60 1.80 1 5.0 1957 23 PIT NL OF 10 19 1 2 0 .909 .980 2.00 2.07 2.86 2.29 7 63.0 1963 29 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1966 32 HOU NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 3.60 1.98 1 5.0 1958 24 STL NL SS 28 45 52 8 10 .924 .964 3.46 4.57 4.10 5.11 27 212.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 781 589 1341 136 129 .934 .949 2.47 2.66 671 5847.7 2B* 117 216 275 16 57 .968 .975 4.20 4.87 37 347.0 SS* 28 45 52 8 10 .924 .964 3.46 4.57 27 212.7 LF* 12 21 1 2 0 .917 .978 1.83 1.66 8 69.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 938 871 1669 162 196 .940 .955 2.71 2.99
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   5  16   0   1  1  0  0   0   3   4  .063  .211  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Slugging %
1960 AL-.481-7

Games
1961 NL-152-9

Doubles
1960 AL-32-3

Triples
1955 NL-8-8
1960 AL-6-8

Extra-Base Hits
1960 AL-55-6

Hit By Pitch
1955 NL-4-10
1959 NL-5-7

Sac. Hits
1955 NL-16-2

Sac. Flies
1960 AL-8-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1961 NL-17-9

Caught Stealing
1960 AL-6-5

Power/Speed Number
1959 NL-11.9-10
1960 AL-12.6-7
1961 NL-12.2-9

Outs
1961 NL-439-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1485) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.6 (1294) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 25, 1953: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny O'Brien to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Schofield and cash.

September 29, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Solly Hemus.

December 9, 1959: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Callison.

December 15, 1960: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Juan Pizarro and Cal McLish.

November 26, 1963: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cincinnati Reds.

August 23, 1965: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 20, 1966: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Houston Astros for Jim Mahoney and cash.


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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