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Gene Freese

Eugene Lewis Freese (Augie)

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/WhiteSox/Phillies/Cardinals/... 1955-1966

Final Game: September 3, 1966
Relatives: Brother of George Freese
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1469. Rick Wilkins… #1470. Mark Koenig… #1471. Vance Law… #1472. GENE FREESE… #1473. Bill Wambsganss… #1474. Hobe Ferris… #1475. Johnny Groth… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 21 PIT NL 134 510 455 69 115 21 8 14 44 5 1 34 57 .253 .310 .426 .736 95 194 10 4 16 1 4 54
1956 22 PIT NL 65 230 207 17 43 9 0 3 14 2 1 16 45 .208 .273 .295 .568 55 61 0 3 3 1 3 54
1957 23 PIT NL 114 372 346 44 98 18 2 6 31 9 4 17 42 .283 .319 .399 .718 94 138 4 2 5 2 0 54
1958 24 TOT NL 79 221 209 29 52 11 1 7 18 1 1 11 34 .249 .286 .411 .698 80 86 2 0 1 0 0 64/5
1958 24 PIT NL 17 19 18 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .333 .544 43 6 1 0 0 0 0 /5
1958 24 STL NL 62 202 191 28 49 11 1 6 16 1 1 10 32 .257 .294 .419 .712 83 80 1 0 1 0 0 64/5
1959 25 PHI NL 132 457 400 60 107 14 5 23 70 8 4 43 61 .268 .343 .500 .843 120 200 8 5 5 4 4 *5/4
1960 26 CHW AL 127 501 455 60 124 32 6 17 79 10 6 29 65 .273 .312 .481 .794 112 219 15 1 8 8 2 *5
1961 27 CIN NL 152 606 575 78 159 27 2 26 87 8 2 27 78 .277 .307 .466 .774 101 268 17 0 1 3 5 *5/4
1962 28 CIN NL 18 48 42 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 .143 .250 .167 .417 13 7 2 0 0 0 2 5
1963 29 CIN NL 66 240 217 20 53 9 1 6 26 4 2 17 42 .244 .303 .378 .680 93 82 2 2 2 2 2 5/
1964 30 PIT NL 99 319 289 33 65 13 2 9 40 1 2 19 45 .225 .269 .377 .646 80 109 8 0 7 4 4 5
1965 31 TOT MLB 60 127 112 8 30 4 1 1 12 0 2 11 27 .268 .339 .348 .687 96 39 5 2 0 2 1 5
1965 31 CHW AL 17 38 32 2 9 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 9 .281 .368 .438 .806 136 14 0 0 0 1 0 5/5
1965 31 PIT NL 43 89 80 6 21 4 0 0 8 0 2 6 18 .263 .326 .313 .638 80 25 5 2 0 1 1 5/5
1966 32 TOT MLB 69 153 139 9 25 2 0 3 10 3 1 13 31 .180 .255 .259 .514 52 36 2 1 0 0 1 5/47
1966 32 CHW AL 48 115 106 8 22 2 0 3 10 2 1 8 20 .208 .270 .311 .581 72 33 1 1 0 0 1 5/54
1966 32 HOU NL 21 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 .091 .211 .091 .301 -9 3 1 0 0 0 0 5/54
12 Seasons 1115 3784 3446 429 877 161 28 115 432 51 26 243 535 .254 .305 .418 .723 94 1439 75 20 48 27 28
162 Game Avg. 162 550 501 62 127 23 4 17 63 7 4 35 78 .254 .305 .418 .723 94 209 11 3 7 4 4
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (6 yrs) 472 1539 1395 170 345 65 12 33 139 17 10 93 209 .247 .298 .382 .680 84 533 28 11 31 9 12
CIN (3 yrs) 236 894 834 100 218 37 3 32 114 12 4 50 128 .261 .303 .428 .731 94 357 21 2 3 5 9
CHW (3 yrs) 192 654 593 70 155 34 7 21 93 12 7 42 94 .261 .308 .449 .757 107 266 16 2 8 9 3
PHI (1 yr) 132 457 400 60 107 14 5 23 70 8 4 43 61 .268 .343 .500 .843 120 200 8 5 5 4 4
STL (1 yr) 62 202 191 28 49 11 1 6 16 1 1 10 32 .257 .294 .419 .712 83 80 1 0 1 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 21 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 .091 .211 .091 .301 -9 3 1 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 923 3130 2853 359 722 127 21 94 339 39 19 201 441 .253 .305 .411 .716 91 1173 59 18 40 18 25
AL (3 yrs) 192 654 593 70 155 34 7 21 93 12 7 42 94 .261 .308 .449 .757 107 266 16 2 8 9 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 21 PIT NL 509 -5 1 1 1 -0 3 17 17 1.7 18 1.8 -0.1 $ 54
1956 22 PIT NL 230 -13 -1 1 0 2 1 8 -2 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 54
1957 23 PIT NL 372 -5 0 0 2 4 1 13 15 1.5 11 1.1 0.4 $ 54
1958 24 PIT NL 19 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /5
1958 24 STL NL 202 -6 0 1 1 -10 2 7 -6 -0.6 5 0.5 -1.1 $ 64/5
1959 25 PHI NL 457 14 0 0 0 -11 1 16 20 2.1 31 3.3 -1.2 $ *5/4
1960 26 CHW AL 500 8 1 1 -2 5 3 14 30 3.0 25 2.6 0.4 $ *5
1961 27 CIN NL 606 -4 0 3 -2 -1 4 21 21 2.1 22 2.3 -0.2 $ *5/4
1962 28 CIN NL 48 -6 0 0 -1 -1 0 2 -6 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ 5
1963 29 CIN NL 240 -1 -1 3 1 -3 2 8 9 1.0 12 1.3 -0.3 $ 5/
1964 30 PIT NL 318 -10 -3 2 0 -8 2 11 -6 -0.8 2 0.2 -1.0 $ 5
1965 31 PIT NL 89 -2 -1 1 -1 -3 0 3 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $22,000 5/5
1965 31 CHW AL 38 2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ 5/5
1966 32 CHW AL 115 -4 1 0 1 -6 1 3 -4 -0.4 2 0.2 -0.6 $20,000 5/54
1966 32 HOU NL 38 -5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 5/54
12 Seasons 3781 -39 -3 13 0 -39 20 126 79 7.7 117 12.2 -4.5 $42,000
PIT (6 yrs) 1537 -37 -4 5 2 -6 7 53 20 1.7 26 2.6 -0.9 $22,000
CIN (3 yrs) 894 -11 -1 6 -2 -5 6 31 24 2.4 29 3.1 -0.7 $
CHW (3 yrs) 653 6 2 1 -1 -5 4 18 26 2.6 30 3.1 -0.5 $20,000
PHI (1 yr) 457 14 0 0 0 -11 1 16 20 2.1 31 3.3 -1.2 $
STL (1 yr) 202 -6 0 1 1 -10 2 7 -6 -0.6 5 0.5 -1.1 $
HOU (1 yr) 38 -5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 27 CIN NL WS NYY L 5 19 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .063 .211 .125 .336 2 0 0 0 0 2
1 WS 5 19 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .063 .211 .125 .336 2 0 0 0 0 2

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PIT NL 21 3B 65 193 55 127 11 16 .943 -2 2.80 .951 3.10
1955 PIT NL 21 2B 57 312 128 173 11 41 .965 2 5.28 .974 5.43
1956 PIT NL 22 3B 47 107 38 65 4 2 .963 2 2.19 .956 3.02
1956 PIT NL 22 2B 26 81 31 50 0 7 1.000 -0 3.12 .980 5.28
1957 PIT NL 23 3B 74 210 62 132 16 16 .924 1 2.62 .952 2.98
1957 PIT NL 23 2B 10 29 13 16 0 4 1.000 0 2.90 .977 5.41
1957 PIT NL 23 OF 10 22 19 1 2 0 .909 2 2.00 .980 2.31
1957 PIT NL 23 LF 10 7 6 63.0 22 19 1 2 0 .909 2 48 2.86 2.00 .978 2.03 2.05
1958 TOT NL 24 3B 4 3 3 34.0 16 5 10 1 0 .938 0 4 3.97 3.75 .952 33.30 3.18
1958 PIT NL 24 3B 1 1 1 8.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 0 30 4.50 4.00 .952 33.30 3.20
1958 STL NL 24 SS 28 27 12 212.2 105 45 52 8 10 .924 -9 -49 4.11 3.46 .964 0.00 5.08
1958 STL NL 24 2B 14 13 9 110.2 61 32 25 4 4 .934 -2 -17 4.64 4.07 .975 0.00 5.30
1958 STL NL 24 3B 3 2 2 26.0 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 3.81 3.67 .952 33.30 3.17
1959 PHI NL 25 3B 109 261 83 156 22 15 .916 -9 2.19 .950 2.94
1959 PHI NL 25 2B 6 13 8 4 1 1 .923 -2 2.00 .976 5.22
1960 CHW AL 26 3B 122 371 88 263 20 29 .946 5 2.88 .952 3.14
1961 CIN NL 27 3B 151 397 123 254 20 23 .950 -1 2.50 .948 2.89
1961 CIN NL 27 2B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .975 5.40
1962 CIN NL 28 3B 10 21 11 10 0 1 1.000 -1 2.10 .949 2.92
1963 CIN NL 29 3B 62 158 44 103 11 8 .930 -3 2.37 .941 2.92
1963 CIN NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.00
1963 CIN NL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1964 PIT NL 30 3B 72 174 48 112 14 12 .920 -8 2.22 .941 2.91
1965 TOT MLB 31 3B 27 58 16 37 5 2 .914 -6 1.96 .954 2.91
1965 PIT NL 31 3B 19 41 12 27 2 1 .951 -3 2.05 .951 2.82
1965 CHW AL 31 3B 8 17 4 10 3 1 .824 -3 1.75 .960 3.12
1966 TOT MLB 32 3B 38 100 16 72 12 5 .880 -8 2.32 .954 3.03
1966 CHW AL 32 3B 34 85 12 64 9 5 .894 -6 2.24 .954 3.03
1966 HOU NL 32 3B 4 15 4 8 3 0 .800 -1 3.00 .954 3.05
1966 HOU NL 32 2B 3 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 -0 3.00 .978 5.33
1966 HOU NL 32 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .975 2.00
1966 HOU NL 32 LF 1 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.60 2.00 .965 1.80 1.70
12 Seasons 3B 781 3 3 34.0 2066 589 1341 136 129 .934 -31 -1080 3.97 2.47 .949 33.30 2.98
7 Seasons 2B 117 13 9 110.2 507 216 275 16 57 .968 -2 -25 4.64 4.20 .975 0.00 5.37
1 Season SS 28 27 12 212.2 105 45 52 8 10 .924 -9 -49 4.11 3.46 .964 0.00 5.08
3 Seasons LF 12 8 6 69.0 24 21 1 2 0 .917 2 42 2.87 1.83 .977 2.01 2.00
3 Seasons OF 12 24 21 1 2 0 .917 2 1.83 .980 2.26
12 Seasons TOT 938 43 24 357.1 2702 871 1669 162 196 .940 -39 -132 4.26 2.71 .955 3.17 3.33
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1960 AL  .481 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1961 NL  152 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1960 AL  32 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1955 NL  8 (8th)
1960 AL  6 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  55 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  4 (10th)
1959 NL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  16 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 AL  8 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1961 NL  17 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1959 NL  11.9 (10th)
1960 AL  12.6 (7th)
1961 NL  12.2 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 NL  439 (8th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1959 NL  23 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  122 (4th)
1961 NL  151 (3rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1961 NL  123 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  263 (3rd)
1961 NL  254 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1957 NL  16 (1st)
1959 NL  22 (1st)
1960 AL  20 (3rd)
1961 NL  20 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1960 AL  2.88 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1961 NL  .950 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1335), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Howard Johnson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tim Wallach (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fernando Tatis (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kelly Gruber (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kelly Gruber (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kelly Gruber (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196531Pittsburgh Pirates$22,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196632Chicago White Sox$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$42,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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