Английская Википедия:Gene Freese
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography 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 (Шаблон:By–Шаблон:By).[1]
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 Шаблон:Convert tall, weighing Шаблон:Convert; Freese batted and threw right-handed.[1] He was nicknamed "Augie", as a Pirate rookie, in Шаблон:By, by teammates, (named) after umpire Augie Donatelli, who was calling balls and strikes in Freese's first big league game.
Early life
Freese was a native of Wheeling, West Virginia. He signed with the Pirates in 1953 and played for 17 seasons in professional baseball.
Baseball career
Freese was a member of the Шаблон:By National League (NL) champion Reds. Acquired in an off-season interleague deal with the White Sox, he reached career highs in home runs (26), RBI (87) and games played (152 – 151 of which were at third base), as Cincinnati won its first pennant since Шаблон:By.[1] In the 1961 World Series, won by the New York Yankees in five games, Freese batted only .063 (1-for-16) and was the victim of one of two spectacular defensive plays by his third-base counterpart, Clete Boyer, in the Series opener.
The following year, Freese broke an ankle during a spring training intrasquad game[2] and missed almost the entire Шаблон:By season. He never regained his 1961 form, although he stayed in MLB through 1966. Freese's 877 major league hits included 161 doubles, 28 triples and 115 home runs.[1] He led NL third basemen in errors in Шаблон:By and Шаблон:By.
Freese died on June 18, 2013, in Metairie, Louisiana.[3] His older brother, George, briefly played Major League Baseball and was a longtime scout and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) manager.
References
External links
- Gene Freese at Astros Daily
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