George Freese
George Walter Freese (September 12, 1926 – July 27, 2014) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers in 1953, Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955 and Chicago Cubs in 1961. Freese attended West Virginia University, where he played college baseball for the Mountaineers in 1947.[1] While at West Virginia he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.[2]
| George Freese | |||
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| Third baseman | |||
| Born: September 12, 1926 Wheeling, West Virginia | |||
| Died: July 27, 2014 (aged 87) Portland, Oregon | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 29, 1953, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 31, 1961, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .257 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| RBI | 23 | ||
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He was later a member of the Cubs coaching staff from 1964–1965 and a minor league manager for the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1973-1974.
The older brother of MLB third baseman Gene Freese, George Freese lived in Portland, Oregon, where he played three years of minor league baseball for the Portland Beavers. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[3]
References
- "West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 2004-04-06. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- Jay Langhammer (Spring 1985). Brett A. Champion (ed.). "Phi Sigs in Baseball". The Signet, A Magazine for Members of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. LXXVII (1): 12.
- "George Freese - Baseball". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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