How Gene Freese's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Gene Freese posted a career Batting Average of .255, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1957, posting .283, near the league average of .262 that year. The lowest point came in 1962 at .143, well below the league average of .264 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .225 in 1964 to .268 in 1965 and .180 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.

Gene Freese Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Gene Freese Batting Average Per Season

Gene Freese's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Gene Freese Batting Average per season line chart

Gene Freese Batting Average by Team

Gene Freese's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Gene Freese career Batting Average by team bar chart

Gene Freese Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gene Freese's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Gene Freese Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Gene Freese Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gene Freese's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Gene Freese Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gene Freese Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gene Freese's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Gene Freese Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table