Gene Freese
1955–1966 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
1,115G
.254AVG
.305OBP
.418SLG
More career statistics
877H
115HR
432RBI
51SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 535 | 536 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,784 | 3,781 |
| Batting · Runs | 429 | 430 |
| Batting · RBI | 432 | 433 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 51 | 52 |
| Batting · Walks | 243 | 240 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,115 | 3,784 | 3,446 | 429 | 877 | 161 | 28 | 115 | 432 | 243 | 535 | 51 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 1,439 | .254 | .305 | .418 | .723 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1961-06-04 to 1961-06-16
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1955-07-22 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1960-07-26 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1955-05-30 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 566 | 1856 | 425 | 50 | 215 | 129 | 271 | .254 | .298 | .419 |
| Away | 549 | 1925 | 452 | 65 | 218 | 111 | 265 | .255 | .292 | .416 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 83 | 236 | 53 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 32 | .250 | .292 | .363 |
| May | 214 | 722 | 168 | 24 | 103 | 46 | 111 | .255 | .296 | .416 |
| June | 208 | 700 | 165 | 16 | 74 | 44 | 94 | .257 | .299 | .407 |
| July | 211 | 696 | 172 | 25 | 90 | 44 | 103 | .273 | .310 | .463 |
| August | 233 | 840 | 189 | 27 | 80 | 49 | 119 | .245 | .283 | .407 |
| September | 163 | 577 | 126 | 18 | 59 | 40 | 74 | .240 | .288 | .409 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .444 | .500 | .778 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 126 | 415 | 96 | 11 | 36 | 25 | 57 | .251 | .292 | .408 |
| milwaukee-braves | 126 | 439 | 99 | 16 | 58 | 27 | 46 | .247 | .287 | .435 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 125 | 441 | 98 | 10 | 45 | 26 | 59 | .241 | .281 | .350 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 104 | 366 | 85 | 8 | 33 | 23 | 57 | .252 | .295 | .398 |
| cincinnati-reds | 90 | 281 | 63 | 9 | 33 | 20 | 37 | .247 | .295 | .416 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 87 | 304 | 73 | 14 | 40 | 23 | 51 | .270 | .316 | .485 |
| san-francisco-giants | 81 | 258 | 60 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 33 | .251 | .295 | .381 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 62 | 219 | 54 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 30 | .271 | .306 | .452 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 134 | 455 | 115 | 14 | 44 | 5 | .253 | – | – |
| 1956 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 207 | 43 | 3 | 14 | 2 | .208 | – | – |
| 1957 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 114 | 346 | 98 | 6 | 32 | 10 | .283 | – | – |
| 1958 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 209 | 52 | 7 | 18 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 132 | 400 | 107 | 23 | 70 | 8 | .268 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Chicago White Sox | 127 | 455 | 124 | 17 | 79 | 10 | .273 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Cincinnati Reds | 152 | 575 | 159 | 26 | 87 | 8 | .277 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cincinnati Reds | 18 | 42 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 217 | 53 | 6 | 26 | 4 | .244 | – | – |
| 1964 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 99 | 289 | 65 | 9 | 40 | 1 | .225 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 112 | 30 | 1 | 12 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros | 69 | 139 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .180 | – | – |