Bill Freehan

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 203lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: November 29, 1941 in Detroit, MI us

Died: August 19, 2021 in Petoskey, MI

Buried: St. Hugo of the Hills Columbarium, Bloomfield Hills, MI

High School: Bishop Barry HS (St. Petersburg, FL)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: September 26, 1961 (Age 19-301d, 11,913th in major league history)
vs. KCA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1976 (Age 34-309d)
vs. MIL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: William Ashley Freehan

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dan O'Brien

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.8

6073

1591

200

.262

706

RBI

758

OBP

.340

SLG

.412

OPS

.752

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	9 (3)	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	10	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	13 (2)	Apr 23	DET	@	KCA	L,1-3	GF	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	14	Apr 24	DET		LAA	W,4-3	GF	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	15	Apr 25	DET		LAA	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	18 (2)	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	22 (3)	May 4	DET		BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
9	23	May 5	DET		BAL	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	24	May 6	DET		NYY	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	1	6	2	1B
11	25	May 7	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	26	May 8	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	27	May 10	DET		CLE	W,14-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	28	May 11	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
15	29	May 12	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
16	31 (1)	May 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
17	32	May 18 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	34 (1)	May 19	DET	@	WSA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
19	35	May 20	DET	@	BAL	L,0-6	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
20	36	May 21	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
21	38 (1)	May 24	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
22	39	May 25	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	41 (1)	May 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
24	43 (1)	May 29	DET	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	53 (9)	Jun 10	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	56 (2)	Jun 13	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
27	57	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	58	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	60 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	61	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	63 (1)	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	64	Jun 21	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	67 (2)	Jun 24	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	68	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	70 (1)	Jun 27	DET	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	71	Jun 28 (1)	DET		LAA	L,3-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
37	72	Jun 28 (2)	DET		LAA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	73	Jun 29	DET		LAA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	75 (1)	Jul 2	DET		MIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
40	77 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
41	79 (1)	Jul 5	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	82 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	DET		KCA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	84 (1)	Jul 12	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	51	12.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
44	85	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
45	86	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	88 (1)	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,6-8	CG	47	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
47	89	Jul 19	DET	@	LAA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	92 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	94 (1)	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	96 (1)	Jul 26	DET		WSA	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	98 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	DET		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
52	99	Jul 28 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	100	Jul 29	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	101	Jul 30	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	103	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	104	Aug 3	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	105	Aug 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
59	107 (1)	Aug 6	DET		BOS	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	108	Aug 7	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B C
61	109	Aug 8	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	111 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
63	114 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	115	Aug 13	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
65	121 (5)	Aug 20	DET		MIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	123 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	DET		KCA	W,17-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	126 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	DET		KCA	W,11-5	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	129 (2)	Aug 28	DET		LAA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
69	131 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	11	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
72	135 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	137 (1)	Sep 3	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	64	15.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
74	138	Sep 4	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	140 (1)	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
76	141	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	142	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	1B
78	143	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
79	144	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,10-7	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	148 (3)	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
81	151 (2)	Sep 17	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	152	Sep 18	DET	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
83	153	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	50	12.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
84	156 (2)	Sep 22	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	158 (1)	Sep 24	DET		WSA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
86	159	Sep 25	DET		WSA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
87	160	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR C
88	161	Sep 28	DET	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B C
89	162	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
							92gm		738.2	554	38	3	595	19