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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 24	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	C
2	10	Apr 27	DET		CAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	11	Apr 28	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	C
4	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13	May 1	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	14	May 2 (1)	DET		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	16 (1)	May 4	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	17	May 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	19 (1)	May 8	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	62	15.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
10	20	May 9 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	21	May 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
12	22	May 10	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	23	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	24	May 12	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
15	25	May 13	DET	@	WSA	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
16	26	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	50	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
17	27	May 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	28	May 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	29	May 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	30	May 18	DET		WSA	L,9-15	CG	49	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	31	May 19	DET		WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	32	May 20	DET		WSA	W,9-8	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	33	May 21	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	34	May 22	DET		BAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	35	May 23 (1)	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	36	May 23 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	37	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	38	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	39	May 27	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
30	40	May 28	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	41	May 29	DET		CLE	W,1-0	GS	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	43 (1)	May 31 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	44	May 31 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	45	Jun 4	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	46	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	47	Jun 6	DET	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	48	Jun 7	DET	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	49	Jun 8	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
39	51 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	52	Jun 11 (2)	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	45	12.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
41	53	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
42	54	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
43	55	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	19	0	0	19	0	C
44	56	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	61 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	DET		KCA	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	62	Jun 22	DET		CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
47	63	Jun 23	DET		CAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
48	64	Jun 24	DET		CAL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
49	65	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	72 (6)	Jul 2	DET	@	WSA	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
51	73	Jul 3	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	16	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	74	Jul 4	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	75	Jul 5 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
54	76	Jul 5 (2)	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	77	Jul 6	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
56	78	Jul 7	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
57	79	Jul 8	DET		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	80	Jul 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	48	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	81	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	82	Jul 11	DET	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
61	83	Jul 15	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	84	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
63	85	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
64	86	Jul 19	DET		WSA	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
65	87	Jul 20	DET		WSA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
66	88	Jul 21 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
67	90 (1)	Jul 23	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	91	Jul 24	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	92	Jul 25 (1)	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
70	94 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	95	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
72	96	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
73	97	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
74	98	Jul 30	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	100 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
76	101	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
77	102	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	103	Aug 3	DET	@	CLE	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
79	104	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	105	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	106	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	107	Aug 7	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	108	Aug 8	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
84	109	Aug 10	DET		KCA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	110	Aug 11 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	111	Aug 11 (2)	DET		KCA	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
87	112	Aug 12	DET		KCA	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
88	113	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
89	114	Aug 14	DET		CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	116 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	DET		CAL	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	117	Aug 17	DET		MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
92	118	Aug 19 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
93	119	Aug 19 (2)	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	C
94	120	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	121	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
96	122	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	47	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	123	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	124	Aug 23	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
99	127 (2)	Aug 26	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	128	Aug 27	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
101	129	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
102	130	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	131	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	132	Aug 31	DET	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	133	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
106	134	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
107	135	Sep 3	DET		WSA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
108	136	Sep 4	DET		WSA	L,0-1	GS	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
109	137	Sep 5 (1)	DET		WSA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
110	139 (1)	Sep 6	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
111	140	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
112	141	Sep 8 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	142	Sep 8 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	143	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	144	Sep 11	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
116	145	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
117	146	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	147	Sep 15	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	148	Sep 17	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
120	149	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
121	150	Sep 19	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	151	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	60	13.1	14	0	0	14	0	C
123	152	Sep 21	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
124	153	Sep 22	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
125	154	Sep 24	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	155	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
127	156	Sep 26 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
128	158 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	160 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
130	161	Oct 2 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							129gm		1085.2	865	57	4	926	4