What is George Freese?
{{Infobox MLB player |name=George Freese |image=GeorgeFreesebowman.jpg |position=[[Third baseman]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1926|9|12}} |birth_place=[[Wheeling, West Virginia]] |death_date={{Death date and age|2014|7|27|1926|9|12}} |death_place=[[Portland, Oregon]] |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutdate=April 29 |debutyear=1953 |debutteam=Detroit Tigers |finaldate=May 31 |finalyear=1961 |finalteam=Chicago Cubs |stat1label=[[Batting average]] |stat1value=.257 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s |stat2value=3 |stat3label=[[Run batted in|RBI]] |stat3value=23 |teams=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[Detroit Tigers]] (1953) * [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (1955) * [[Chicago Cubs]] (1961) }} '''George Walter Freese''' (September 12, 1926 – July 27, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] baseball player. He was [[third baseman]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. He played for the [[Detroit Tigers]] in 1953, [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] in 1955 and [[Chicago Cubs]] in 1961. Freese attended [[West Virginia University]], where he played [[college baseball]] for the [[West Virginia Mountaineers baseball|Mountaineers]] in 1947.<ref name=wvu>{{cite web|title=West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=11 July 2012|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/694Li3p9U?url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/west_virginia_university_baseball_players.shtml|archivedate=2012-07-11|url-status=live}}</ref> He was later a member of the Cubs coaching staff from 1964 to 1965 and a minor league manager for the [[Bakersfield Dodgers]] in 1973-1974. The older brother of MLB third baseman [[Gene Freese]], George Freese lived in [[Portland, Oregon]], where he played three years of minor league baseball for the [[Portland Beavers]]. He was inducted into the [[Oregon Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2008. Freese died in [[Portland, Oregon]], aged 87. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://obits.oregonlive.com/obitu