Gene Freese, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1934
Place of Birth: Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 18-Jun-2013
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Gene Freese
- Eugene Lewis "Gene" 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 (1955–1966).Freese’s career batting average stands at .254, in 1,115 games played, with 432 runs batted in (RBI).
- During his playing days, he was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall, weighing 175 pounds (79 kg); Freese batted and threw right-handed.
- He was nicknamed "Augie", as a Pirate rookie, in 1955, by teammates, (named) after umpire Augie Donatelli, who was calling balls and strikes in Freese's first big league game.
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