George Freese

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: September 12, 1926 in Wheeling, WV us

Died: July 27, 2014 in Portland, OR

Buried: Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR

High School: Wheeling Central HS (Wheeling, WV)

Schools: University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: April 29, 1953 (Age 26-229d, 11,019th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 31, 1961 (Age 34-261d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: George Walter Freese

Nicknames: Bud

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Relatives: Brother of Gene Freese

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

187

.257

RBI

OBP

.327

SLG

.369

OPS

.696

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-33 / in Starts: 18-31
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	1 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 202 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	127 (70-37-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 202 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	129 (68-40-19)

Most Driven In
J Lynch	4
D Long	3
F Thomas	3
Self	3
F Montemayor	2
E Smith	1
P Ward	1
J Shepard	1

Most Driven In By
D Groat	3
Self	3
D Long	2
P Ward	1
G Freese	1
T Atwell	1
R Clemente	1
M Surkont	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2	4 (3)	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.91	-0.049	3.47	-0.05%	-0.44	PH
2	3	5	Apr 17 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1.78	0.047	2.98	0.05%	-0.37	3B
3	4	6	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-12	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	5	.06	-0.003	.08	0.00%	-0.59	3B
4	5	10 (3)	Apr 24 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	5	1.31	0.021	1.39	0.01%	0.24	3B
5	6	11	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890	5	.50	-0.016	.48	-0.01%	-0.16	3B
6	7	12	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.313	.389	.375	.764	6	1.39	0.220	1.21	0.12%	0.79	3B
7	8	13	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.300	.618	5	.62	-0.066	.46	-0.03%	-0.86	3B
8	9	14	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	3	2	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.423	.609	1.032	6	1.38	0.478	.90	0.19%	3.56	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	10	15	May 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.367	.519	.885	6	1.02	-0.101	.81	-0.05%	-0.72	3B
10	11	16	May 1 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.600	.964	6	.77	-0.070	.51	-0.03%	1.59	3B
11	12	17	May 2	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.432	.625	1.057	6	.95	0.095	.72	0.04%	1.23	3B
12	13	18	May 3	PIT		MLN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.415	.639	1.054	5	.41	0.078	.34	0.04%	0.35	3B
13	14	19	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.325	.400	.600	1.000	7	.62	-0.003	.61	0.00%	-0.87	3B
14	15	20	May 5	PIT		MLN	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.341	.408	.614	1.022	7	.84	0.135	.83	0.08%	2.22	3B
15	16	21	May 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.396	.583	.980	5	.87	-0.057	1.01	-0.04%	-0.26	3B
16	17	22	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.327	.386	.558	.944	7						3B
17	18	23	May 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.387	.536	.923	7	.66	-0.015	.72	-0.01%	-0.63	3B
18	19	24	May 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.379	.508	.887	5	1.76	-0.112	2.17	-0.08%	-0.79	3B
19	20	25	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	W,9-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.302	.380	.492	.872	6						3B
20	21	26	May 11	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.387	.493	.879	5	.73	0.036	.83	0.02%	0.19	3B
21	22	27	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.372	.471	.843	6	1.11	-0.130	1.13	-0.08%	-1.26	3B
22	23	28	May 14	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.370	.466	.836	6	.53	-0.021	.43	-0.01%	0.04	3B
23	24	29	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.376	.453	.830	7	.77	0.002	.49	0.00%	0.27	3B
24	25	30	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.386	.474	.861	7	.98	0.136	.56	0.05%	1.07	3B
25	26	31	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.380	.463	.844	7	.50	0.016	.23	0.00%	-0.41	3B
26	27	32	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.375	.453	.828	6	.89	-0.083	.37	-0.02%	-0.88	3B
27	28	33	May 20	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.370	.444	.814	7	.59	0.014	.25	0.00%	0.02	3B
28	29	34	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.365	.430	.795	7	1.20	-0.044	.44	-0.01%	-0.30	3B
29	30	35	May 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	.302	.380	.458	.838	7						3B
30	31	36	May 22 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG(8)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.375	.444	.819	4	.49	-0.042	.10	-0.01%	-0.50	3B
31	32	37	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	CG	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.279	.364	.423	.787	4	.58	0.036	.11	0.00%	-0.71	3B
32	33	38	May 26	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.369	.454	.823	7	.81	0.053	.21	0.01%	0.74	3B
33	34	39	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.365	.446	.812	7	1.13	-0.016	.15	0.00%	-0.51	3B
34	35	40	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG(11)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.280	.356	.432	.788	6	1.96	-0.382	.25	-0.03%	-3.02	3B
35	36	41	May 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.353	.434	.787	7	1.16	-0.037	.09	0.00%	-0.26	3B
36	37	42	May 29 susp	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.357	.444	.802	6	.69	0.083	.05	0.00%	1.76	3B
37	38	43	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.347	.431	.778	6	.81	-0.091	.09	-0.01%	-1.16	3B
38	39	44	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.425	.770	6	.72	-0.010	.06	0.00%	-0.43	3B
39	40	45	May 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.290	.355	.435	.790	6	2.39	0.308	.11	0.01%	1.82	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	41	46	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.353	.430	.782	5	.63	-0.023	.03	0.00%	-0.33	3B
41	42	47	Jun 2	PIT		STL	W,12-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.354	.425	.779	5	.35	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.54	3B
42	43	48	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.287	.352	.420	.772	6	1.45	0.141	.04	0.00%	0.09	3B
43	44	49	Jun 4	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.281	.345	.412	.757	6	.60	-0.069	.02	0.00%	-0.92	3B
44	45	50	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.343	.404	.747	5	1.15	-0.010	.02	0.00%	-0.12	3B
45	46	51	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.335	.394	.729	5	.96	-0.093	.04	0.00%	-1.02	3B
46	47	52	Jun 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.328	.384	.712	6	1.54	-0.167	.03	0.00%	-1.77	3B
47	48	53	Jun 8	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.328	.383	.711	6	1.30	0.020	.02	0.00%	0.36	3B
48	49	54	Jun 9	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.326	.380	.706	5	.81	-0.020	.02	0.00%	-0.35	3B
49	50	55	Jun 11	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259	.319	.374	.693	6	1.37	-0.095	.01	0.00%	-0.71	3B
50	51	56	Jun 12 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.258	.318	.376	.694	5	.78	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-1.16	3B
51	52	57	Jun 12 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-6	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.257	.327	.374	.701	6	1.07	0.176	.01	0.00%	2.18	3B
							18-33		202	179	17	46	8	2	3	22	17	2	17	2	3	1	4	7	1	1	.257	.327	.374	.701		.97	0.165	.47	0.16%	-3.51

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