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 (–). Freese’s career batting average stands at .254, in 1,115 games played, with 115 home runs and 432 runs batted in (RBI). During his playing days, he was listed as 5 ft tall, weighing 175 lb; Freese batted and threw right-handed. He was nicknamed "Augie", as a Pirate rookie, in , by teammates, (named) after umpire Augie Donatelli, who was calling balls and strikes in Freese's first big league game.

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