Gene Freese
American baseball player (1934-2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eugene Lewis Freese (January 8, 1934 – June 18, 2013), was an American professional baseball third baseman, who was widely noted as a journeyman. Freese played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (twice), St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox (twice), Cincinnati Reds, and Houston Astros, for 12 seasons (1955–1966).[1]
Gene Freese | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: (1934-01-08)January 8, 1934 Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. | |
Died: June 18, 2013(2013-06-18) (aged 79) Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 13, 1955, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 3, 1966, for the Houston Astros | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .254 |
Home runs | 115 |
Runs batted in | 432 |
Teams | |
Freese's career batting average stands at .254, in 1,115 games played, with 115 home runs and 432 runs batted in (RBI). During his playing days, he was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall, weighing 175 pounds (79 kg); Freese batted and threw right-handed.[1] He was nicknamed "Augie", as a Pirate rookie, in 1955, by teammates, (named) after umpire Augie Donatelli, who was calling balls and strikes in Freese's first big league game.