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George Freese

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Full Name: George Walter Freese Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: April 29, 1953
Birthdate: September 12, 1926 Final Game: May 31, 1961
Birthplace: Wheeling, West Virginia MLB Experience: 1 year
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

George Freese (George Walter Freese) was born on September 12, 1926 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He made his Major League debut on April 29, 1953 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 3 home runs and 22 RBI. Freese played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire 1 year career.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1953 DET A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT N 51 179 17 46 3 22 .257 .327 .374 8 2 17 18 2 3 1 2 7
1961 CHI N 9 7 0 2 0 1 .286 .375 .286 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 60 186 17 48 3 23 .258 .329 .371 8 2 18 22 2 3 1 2 7
Total AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 61 187 17 48 3 23 .257 .327 .369 8 2 18 22 2 3 1 2 7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1955 PIT N 3B 50 0 0 50 82 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 .936
Total 3B 50 0 0 50 82 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 .936

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  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1948).
  • Selected by St. Louis Browns from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 1, 1952).
  • Sold by St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers (April 7, 1953).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Chicago Cubs (May 13, 1953).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski and $150000 to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Howie Pollet and George Metkovich (June 4, 1953).
  • Selected by Chicago Cubs from Pittsburgh Pirates in the minor league draft (November 27, 1955).

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