Gene Freese
Eugene Lewis Freese (Augie)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 8, 1934 in Wheeling, WV
High School: Wheeling (Wheeling, WV)
School: West Liberty State College
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1955
Final Game: September 3, 1966
Relatives: Brother of George Freese
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PIT NL 21 3B 65 64 563.2 193 55 127 11 16 .943 -2.5 -5.3 -2.5 -1.1 -1.4 0 2.91 2.80 .951 3.13 2.81
1955 PIT NL 21 2B 57 52 456.0 312 128 173 11 41 .965 2.1 5.5 2.1 2.2 0.0 0 5.94 5.28 .974 5.48 5.00
1956 PIT NL 22 3B 47 35 315.0 107 38 65 4 2 .963 2.1 8.0 2.1 1.4 0.8 0 2.94 2.19 .956 3.05 2.64
1956 PIT NL 22 2B 26 15 137.1 81 31 50 0 7 1.000 -0.4 -3.5 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 0 5.31 3.12 .979 5.33 4.66
1957 PIT NL 23 3B 74 69 606.1 210 62 132 16 16 .924 1.0 2.0 0.0 -1.2 1.1 1 2.88 2.62 .953 2.96 2.71
1957 PIT NL 23 2B 10 4 52.0 29 13 16 0 4 1.000 0.1 2.3 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 5.02 2.90 .976 5.37 4.97
1957 PIT NL 23 LF 10 7 63.0 22 19 1 2 0 .909 2.5 47.6 1.5 0.5 1.0 1 2.86 2.00 .982 2.03 1.71
1957 PIT NL 23 OF 10 7 63.0 22 19 1 2 0 .909 2.5 47.6 1.5 0.5 1.0 1 2.86 2.00 .982 2.29 2.07
1958 TOT NL 24 3B 4 3 34.0 16 5 10 1 0 .938 0.1 3.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.97 3.75 .950 3.18 2.88
1958 PIT NL 24 3B 1 1 8.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 4.00 .960 3.15 2.90
1958 STL NL 24 SS 28 27 212.2 105 45 52 8 10 .924 -8.7 -49.1 -7.7 -1.0 -6.7 -1 4.11 3.46 .966 5.11 4.57
1958 STL NL 24 2B 14 13 110.2 61 32 25 4 4 .934 -1.6 -17.3 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 -1 4.64 4.07 .975 5.33 4.76
1958 STL NL 24 3B 3 2 26.0 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.81 3.67 .945 3.18 2.87
1959 PHI NL 25 3B 109 103 892.1 261 83 156 22 15 .916 -9.0 -12.1 -9.0 -1.8 -7.2 0 2.41 2.19 .952 2.97 2.66
1959 PHI NL 25 2B 6 3 25.0 13 8 4 1 1 .923 -2.1 -100.8 -2.1 -0.9 -1.2 0 4.32 2.00 .977 5.26 4.78
1960 CHW AL 26 3B 122 120 1043.1 371 88 263 20 29 .946 4.7 5.4 3.7 5.1 -1.3 1 3.03 2.88 .952 3.14 2.72
1961 CIN NL 27 3B 151 151 1309.0 397 123 254 20 23 .950 -0.9 -0.8 0.1 -1.2 1.4 -1 2.59 2.50 .948 2.92 2.60
1961 CIN NL 27 2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.90
1962 CIN NL 28 3B 10 10 86.0 21 11 10 0 1 1.000 -1.4 -19.5 -1.4 -1.3 -0.2 0 2.20 2.10 .948 2.95 2.56
1963 CIN NL 29 3B 62 62 530.1 158 44 103 11 8 .930 -2.9 -6.6 -2.9 0.7 -3.6 0 2.49 2.37 .942 2.93 2.54
1963 CIN NL 29 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1963 CIN NL 29 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1964 PIT NL 30 3B 72 67 584.1 174 48 112 14 12 .920 -8.4 -17.3 -8.4 -4.0 -4.4 0 2.46 2.22 .943 2.93 2.60
1965 TOT MLB 31 3B 27 25 196.0 58 16 37 5 2 .914 -5.9 -36.1 -5.9 -2.7 -3.3 0 2.43 1.96 .955 2.92 2.59
1965 PIT NL 31 3B 19 17 132.0 41 12 27 2 1 .951 -2.9 -26.4 -2.9 -1.1 -1.8 0 2.66 2.05 .951 2.82 2.47
1965 CHW AL 31 3B 8 8 64.0 17 4 10 3 1 .824 -3.0 -56.2 -3.0 -1.6 -1.5 0 1.97 1.75 .965 3.14 2.88
1966 TOT MLB 32 3B 38 26 251.0 100 16 72 12 5 .880 -7.5 -35.9 -6.5 -6.1 -0.4 -1 3.16 2.32 .957 3.03 2.78
1966 CHW AL 32 3B 34 24 225.0 85 12 64 9 5 .894 -6.4 -34.1 -5.4 -4.3 -1.1 -1 3.04 2.24 .956 3.03 2.80
1966 HOU NL 32 3B 4 2 26.0 15 4 8 3 0 .800 -1.1 -50.8 -1.1 -1.8 0.7 0 4.15 3.00 .960 3.05 2.65
1966 HOU NL 32 2B 3 2 20.0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -18.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 4.05 3.00 .978 5.31 4.67
1966 HOU NL 32 LF 1 1 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .950 1.80 1.40
1966 HOU NL 32 OF 1 1 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .950 1.98 1.80
12 Seasons 3B 781 735 6411.1 2066 589 1341 136 129 .934 -30.6 -5.7 -30.6 -12.1 -18.5 0 2.71 2.47 .950 3.00 2.66
7 Seasons 2B 117 89 803.0 507 216 275 16 57 .968 -2.3 -3.4 -1.3 2.3 -3.5 -1 5.50 4.20 .976 5.42 4.87
1 Season SS 28 27 212.2 105 45 52 8 10 .924 -8.7 -49.1 -7.7 -1.0 -6.7 -1 4.11 3.46 .966 5.11 4.57
3 Seasons LF 12 8 69.0 24 21 1 2 0 .917 2.4 41.7 1.4 0.5 0.9 1 2.87 1.83 .979 2.01 1.66
3 Seasons OF 12 8 69.0 24 21 1 2 0 .917 2.4 41.7 1.4 0.5 0.9 1 2.87 1.83 .979 2.26 2.02
12 Seasons TOT 938 859 7496.0 2702 871 1669 162 196 .940 -39.2 -6.3 -38.2 -10.3 -27.8 1 -2 3.05 2.71 .896 3.31 2.99
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 PIT NL 21 134 116 134 134 0 0 0 57 65 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
1956 PIT NL 22 65 50 65 65 0 0 0 26 47 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1957 PIT NL 23 114 80 114 114 0 0 0 10 74 0 10 0 0 10 28 1
1958 STL NL 24 62 42 62 62 0 0 0 14 3 28 0 0 0 0 16 3
1958 PIT NL 24 17 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
1959 PHI NL 25 132 106 132 132 0 0 0 6 109 0 0 0 0 0 23 2
1960 CHW AL 26 127 120 127 127 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 CIN NL 27 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 1 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 CIN NL 28 18 10 18 18 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1963 CIN NL 29 66 62 66 66 0 0 0 0 62 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
1964 PIT NL 30 99 67 99 99 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 30 1
1965 PIT NL 31 43 17 43 43 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1965 CHW AL 31 17 8 17 17 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1966 CHW AL 32 48 24 48 48 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1966 HOU NL 32 21 5 21 21 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 15 0
12 Seasons 1115 859 1115 1115 0 0 0 117 781 28 12 0 0 12 217 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 PIT NL 21 1216 60% 79% 26% 71 90% 1 21 14 0 7 54 36 12 2 3 5 0 3 2 3 10 6 0 6 2 2 0 2 100%
1956 PIT NL 22 858 56% 77% 25% 73 86% 0 22 20 1 1 42 36 6 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1957 PIT NL 23 2429 59% 82% 28% 186 87% 1 55 41 5 9 124 93 22 2 12 16 1 13 2 14 15 9 1 13 2 2 0 8 75%
1958 STL NL 24 119 60% 81% 25% 11 100% 0 5 4 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 24 33 64% 88% 36% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 25 3914 53% 79% 28% 260 86% 2 89 70 6 14 153 127 24 1 8 22 0 12 10 18 15 9 1 13 1 0 1 12 83%
1960 CHW AL 26 4501 68% 80% 28% 364 89% 2 87 61 7 19 263 198 60 0 8 20 0 16 4 18 29 22 2 26 3 2 1 18 50%
1961 CIN NL 27 5736 60% 77% 26% 393 90% 3 126 103 10 13 256 192 55 2 7 20 0 12 8 15 24 12 3 19 2 2 0 10 80%
1962 CIN NL 28 373 50% 72% 23% 24 83% 0 12 11 1 0 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 33%
1963 CIN NL 29 2299 62% 75% 25% 151 89% 2 44 35 5 4 102 83 15 2 4 11 0 8 3 9 9 4 0 5 4 2 2 3 67%
1964 PIT NL 30 2444 62% 76% 29% 155 87% 1 43 32 6 5 103 81 16 4 5 13 1 10 2 9 11 5 2 10 1 0 1 10 80%
1965 PIT NL 31 492 59% 81% 29% 35 83% 0 9 8 0 1 22 20 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1965 CHW AL 31 291 54% 71% 26% 15 73% 0 4 2 0 2 10 7 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1966 CHW AL 32 1011 66% 78% 28% 83 81% 2 13 11 1 1 63 41 14 3 1 9 0 9 0 7 5 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 67%
1966 HOU NL 32 114 78% 83% 30% 14 79% 0 4 3 0 1 8 7 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 25830 60% 78% 27% 1840 88% 14 534 415 43 77 1220 938 229 16 51 127 2 92 33 103 122 73 9 98 17 11 6 74 70%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 PIT NL 21 1238 58% 83% 28% 133 92% 3 75 30 28 17 106 83 17 2 1 6 1 5 0 3 25 7 2 10 2 23 12 11 2 1 1
1956 PIT NL 22 432 59% 81% 22% 34 88% 0 19 5 11 3 31 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 5 2 3 3 2 1
1957 PIT NL 23 214 63% 85% 28% 19 89% 0 11 4 6 1 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 24 471 62% 77% 28% 40 85% 0 35 12 13 10 26 24 2 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 5 0 3 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 25 128 60% 77% 23% 5 100% 0 8 2 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 27 12 83% 58% 8% 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 32 89 63% 80% 29% 7 100% 0 2 0 1 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2584 60% 81% 27% 238 91% 3 152 53 64 35 188 152 26 2 2 11 2 9 0 7 44 10 7 17 2 39 19 20 5 3 2
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 STL NL 24 982 62% 74% 24% 78 82% 0 41 18 17 6 52 36 13 0 0 8 1 4 3 5 10 2 1 5 0 0 8 3 5 1 1 0
1 Season 982 62% 74% 24% 78 82% 0 41 18 17 6 52 36 13 0 0 8 1 4 3 5 10 2 1 5 0 0 8 3 5 1 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 PIT NL 23 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 1 268 56% 83% 28% 32 63%
1963 CIN NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 56% 78% 0% 0
1966 HOU NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 21 38% 95% 48% 2 100%
3 Seasons 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 1 298 55% 84% 29% 34 65%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.4% 62% 77% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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