Gene Freese vs. Marquis Grissom — Career Comparison

Silent GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueThird Baseman
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveAll-Star

Gene Freese and Marquis Grissom are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 95 for Gene Freese, 99 for Marquis Grissom), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 109 vs 112). The overall lean goes to Marquis Grissom, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Gene Freese and Marquis Grissom

Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1115
176.8
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2165
144.99
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
3784
600
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8959
600
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
3446
546.41
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8275
554.19
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.741
0.741
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
877
139.06
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2251
150.75
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
573
90.86
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1582
105.95
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
161
25.53
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
386
25.85
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
4.44
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
3.75
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
18.23
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
15.2
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
304
48.2
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
669
44.8
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
443.43
70.31
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1120.53
75.04
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
1439
228.17
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3430
229.71
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
1140
180.76
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2835
189.86
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.723
0.723
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.657
0.657
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
429
68.02
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1187
79.5
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
432
68.5
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
967
64.76
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
746
118.29
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1927
129.05
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
446.56
70.81
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1150.36
77.04
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
3.17
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
2.08
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
243
38.53
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
553
37.04
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
4.44
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
2.95
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
535
84.83
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1240
83.04
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
7.07
7.07
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.23
7.23
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
7.61
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PA
38
2.54
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
4.28
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
4.15
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
11.89
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
171
11.45
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
51
8.09
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
28.73
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
26
4.12
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
7.77
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
77
12.21
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
545
36.5
Gene Freese
Career
Per 600 PA
66.23
66.23
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78.72
78.72

Fielding Stats for Gene Freese and Marquis Grissom

Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
938
1.13
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2088
1.06
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
1.03
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1984
1.01
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
22488
27
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52962
27
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
7496
9
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17654
9
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
871
1.05
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4880
2.49
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1669
2
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.05
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
0.19
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.03
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2702
3.24
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5039
2.57
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2540
3.05
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4978
2.54
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
94
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.79
98.79
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.708
2.708
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.384
2.384
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.58
91.58
Marquis Grissom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Gene Freese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.24
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.01
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Freese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marquis Grissom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0