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Gene Freese	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 11'' Weight: 180   Born: January 8, 1934 in Usa, WV, WHEELING

Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie	1956
Gold Glove	1961    1963

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1955	21	MON	NL					5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	4	4	4	8	8	8
1956	22	MON	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	4	5	5	8	8	8
1957	23	MON	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	4	4	4	7	7	7
1958	24	MON	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	4	4	4	7	7	7
1959	25	MON	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	4	4	4	7	7	7
1960	26	MON	NL	$ 1,960,714				6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	4	4	4	8	8	8
1961	27	MON	NL	$ 1,960,714				6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	3	4	4	8	8	8
1962	28	MON	NL	$ 3,278,571				7	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	3	3	3	7	7	7
1963	29	MIN	AL	$ 6,500,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	3	4	4	7	7	7
1964	30	MIN	AL	$ 6,500,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	3	3	3	7	7	7
1965	31	MIN	AL	$ 6,500,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	3	3	3	6	6	6
1966	32	SDP	NL	$ 2,999,999				5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	3	3	3	6	6	6
1967	33	SDP	NL	$ 1,100,000				5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	3	3	3	6	6	6
1968	34	LAD	NL	$ 1,100,000				4	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
1969	35	LAD	NL	$ 1,100,000				1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 6,500,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	4	5	5	8	8	8

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1955	21	AAA		137	540	109	159	24	3	44	113	5	1	80	58	.294	.385	.594	.980	119.0
1956	22	MON	NL	129	443	59	130	24	3	16	62	3	1	31	54	.293	.338	.470	.808	66.3	11.0
		AAA		26	97	18	36	6	2	8	16	1	1	11	9	.371	.435	.722	1.157	25.7
1957	23	MON	NL	151	538	72	131	24	5	17	75	3	2	37	83	.243	.295	.401	.696	60.8	7.4
1958	24	MON	NL	136	429	54	98	25	1	14	62	0	0	32	65	.228	.280	.389	.669	43.6	3.0
1959	25	MON	NL	126	358	39	103	28	2	13	42	1	0	22	62	.288	.328	.486	.814	52.8	9.1
1960	26	MON	NL	135	406	47	104	23	6	12	62	0	0	12	56	.256	.274	.431	.705	47.0	6.4
1961	27	MON	NL	136	462	53	133	23	5	20	72	0	0	29	55	.288	.333	.489	.823	66.6	13.3
1962	28	MON	NL	129	400	48	114	24	4	13	70	0	0	28	49	.285	.327	.463	.790	60.6	12.9
1963	29	MIN	AL	138	449	42	107	23	6	9	48	1	0	24	64	.238	.274	.376	.650	44.3	6.6
1964	30	MIN	AL	123	285	35	72	18	2	8	30	0	1	16	48	.253	.291	.414	.705	32.7	4.2
1965	31	MIN	AL	112	229	24	51	10	0	3	17	0	0	14	41	.223	.269	.306	.575	17.2	1.2
1966	32	SDP	NL	85	210	21	53	7	2	3	15	0	0	7	36	.252	.275	.348	.623	19.2	2.2
1967	33	SDP	NL	102	307	39	92	21	1	7	35	0	0	22	65	.300	.345	.443	.788	43.7	9.9
1968	34	LAD	NL	22	56	7	9	2	0	3	11	0	0	4	12	.161	.217	.357	.574	4.8	0.4
		AAA		83	318	43	90	21	0	10	42	3	0	30	62	.283	.345	.443	.788	47.9
1969	35	AAA		26	105	9	29	3	0	0	9	0	1	2	22	.276	.290	.305	.594	8.2
		AA		111	422	33	101	14	0	0	24	0	0	45	97	.239	.313	.273	.585	38.1
13 Years Sim				1524	4572	540	1197	252	37	138	601	8	4	278	690	.262	.303	.424	.727	559.7	87.6
4 Years AAA				272	1060	179	314	54	5	62	180	9	3	123	151	.296	.369	.532	.901	200.7
1 Years AA				111	422	33	101	14	0	0	24	0	0	45	97	.239	.318	.273	.590	38.1
5 Years Minors				383	1482	212	415	68	5	62	204	9	3	168	248	.280	.354	.458	.813	238.8
162 Game Average					486	57	127	26	3	14	63	0	0	29	73	.262	.303	.424	.727	59.5
Career Highs				151	538	72	133	28	6	20	75	3	2	37	83	.300	.345	.489	.823	66.6

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3166	375	839	173	22	101	411	7	3	184	460	.265	.304	.429	.733	403.8
vs LH		1406	165	358	79	15	37	190	1	1	94	230	.255	.301	.411	.713	170.5
Home	738	2153	277	566	111	19	74	289	2	1	137	325	.263	.306	.435	.741	281.5
Away	786	2419	263	631	141	18	64	312	6	3	141	365	.261	.301	.413	.714	292.8
RISP		1006	0	276	66	4	32	424	0	0	79	136	.274	.317	.443	.760	141.5
Pinch Hitting		78	7	20	0	2	2	9	1	0	5	12	.256	.301	.385	.686	9.3
Close/Late		499	51	127	19	6	12	40	0	0	39	80	.255	.309	.389	.698	59.7
Mar/Apr	217	688	87	169	38	5	21	90	0	1	42	98	.246	.287	.407	.694	79.4
May	291	878	106	220	41	8	27	110	2	1	57	132	.251	.295	.408	.703	105.0
June	250	761	102	213	43	8	32	116	0	0	43	120	.280	.318	.484	.801	112.4
July	251	745	86	208	52	7	22	102	4	1	41	111	.279	.315	.456	.772	102.7
August	261	758	71	182	38	5	18	89	1	0	42	121	.240	.284	.375	.658	78.1
Sep/Oct	254	742	88	205	40	4	18	94	1	1	53	108	.276	.321	.414	.735	96.7

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1956	22	MON	NL	SS	122	120	997.3	166	422	12	103	.980	5.31					7.6
				2B	2	0	4.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.93					0.0
				3B	1	0	2.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	13.50					0.1
				CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1957	23	MON	NL	2B	148	143	1254.7	280	485	15	96	.981	5.49					6.2
				3B	1	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
				CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1958	24	MON	NL	2B	125	119	1022.0	206	418	21	100	.967	5.50					6.3
				SS	7	5	43.0	3	24	2	5	.931	5.65					0.4
				3B	1	0	5.0	1	1	0	1	1.000	3.60					0.0
				CF	2	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1959	25	MON	NL	2B	111	104	872.7	173	330	12	59	.977	5.19					4.0
				SS	7	3	33.0	4	14	1	2	.947	4.91					0.2
				3B	3	0	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82					0.0
1960	26	MON	NL	2B	121	108	922.7	188	395	11	68	.981	5.69					5.4
				SS	8	6	58.0	10	31	0	3	1.000	6.36					0.4
				CF	2	2	14.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.93					0.1
				3B	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
1961	27	MON	NL	2B	129	128	1105.7	234	481	10	100	.986	5.82					8.8
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
				CF	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1962	28	MON	NL	2B	121	117	977.0	185	393	15	80	.975	5.32					4.7
				3B	2	0	4.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.08					0.0
				SS	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1963	29	MIN	AL	SS	136	136	1128.0	179	505	15	96	.979	5.46					4.8
				CF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1964	30	MIN	AL	SS	68	60	505.0	90	226	3	54	.991	5.63					3.4
				2B	41	16	193.7	46	76	1	16	.992	5.67					0.6
				3B	5	2	25.7	1	9	0	1	1.000	3.51					0.2
				CF	3	0	4.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.93					0.0
1965	31	MIN	AL	3B	34	19	200.3	9	47	7	1	.889	2.52					0.4
				SS	38	12	185.3	34	67	3	12	.971	4.90					0.7
				2B	31	12	157.7	35	72	0	11	1.000	6.11					0.8
				CF	4	0	10.7	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.69					0.0
1966	32	SDP	NL	SS	45	41	330.0	49	127	5	20	.972	4.80					1.5
				3B	22	15	124.3	7	33	8	3	.833	2.90					0.3
				2B	7	4	37.0	11	19	0	5	1.000	7.30					0.3
				CF	1	1	6.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1967	33	SDP	NL	SS	94	91	743.7	115	263	8	48	.979	4.57					2.5
				2B	6	5	49.0	11	16	1	3	.964	4.96					0.2
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1968	34	LAD	NL	2B	9	7	62.0	12	22	0	5	1.000	4.94					0.1
				SS	10	6	54.0	4	22	1	3	.963	4.33					0.2
				3B	2	0	7.0	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.86					0.0
				2B	851	763	6658.6	1381	2708	86	543	.979	5.53					37.4
				SS	538	480	4080.3	654	1701	50	346	.979	5.19					21.7
				3B	75	36	391.7	22	99	15	7	.890	2.78					1.0
				CF	16	3	45.3	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.99					0.2
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					1481	1282	11176.9	2066	4509	151	896	.978	5.29					60.4
Career Highs					150	143	1261.7	281	506	23	106	.991	5.82

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
1967	33	SDP	NL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	.250	.250	1.000	1.250
Career Post-Season Pitching				0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	.250	.250	1.000	1.250

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1958	24	MON	NL	4	11	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.273	.273	.364	.636
1959	25	MON	NL	9	24	3	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	.333	.308	.458	.766
1960	26	MON	NL	7	18	3	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.611	.944
1961	27	MON	NL	11	39	5	12	2	0	1	8	1	0	2	5	.308	.341	.436	.777
1962	28	MON	NL	8	33	1	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.273	.485
1965	31	MIN	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1966	32	SDP	NL	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
Career Post-Season Batting				46	128	14	37	7	0	3	15	2	0	3	16	.289	.301	.414	.715

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Triples 1960-4-6

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1955

Had first career hit (triple) on 5/2/1956, off Luis Arroyo (MIN)

Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1956, off Earl Johnson (MIN)

Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/3/1956

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 9/7/1956

Won Bronze Rookie in 1956, hitting .293 with 16 HR, 62 RBI

Won World Series with Montreal in 1959

2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,960,714 through salary arbitration

Won World Series with Montreal in 1960

2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,960,714 through salary arbitration

Hit 3 homeruns against Boston (N), driving in 7 runs on 6/29/1961

Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1961

2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,278,571 through salary arbitration

Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/2/1963 to a 3-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year

Injured on 4/7/1963 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks

Injured on 6/8/1963 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks

Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1963

Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/2/1966 to a 1-year deal worth $2,999,999 per year

Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 3/3/1966 (Going to SDP: SS Gene Freese. Going to TAM: P Bob Lee)

10/13/1966: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,100,000 per year, for 4 years

Injured on 8/2/1967 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week

Traded from San Diego to Los Angeles on 3/3/1968 (Going to LAD: SS Gene Freese, P Clay Carroll, LF Jose Herrera. Going to SDP: LF Danny Napoleon)

Injured on 6/8/1969 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 3 weeks

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