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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
2	2	Apr 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 15	DET		WSA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	5	Apr 16	DET		WSA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
5	6	Apr 17	DET		WSA	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
6	8 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
7	9	Apr 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
8	10	Apr 23	DET	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	12 (1)	Apr 24 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	13	Apr 25	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	14	Apr 28	DET		KCA	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	16 (1)	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	17	May 1	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	18	May 3	DET		BOS	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
15	19	May 4	DET		BOS	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	20	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	21	May 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	22	May 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	41	11.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
19	23	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	2	10	0	C
20	24	May 13	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	26 (1)	May 15	DET		CHW	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	27	May 17	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
23	28	May 18	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	29	May 20 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	30	May 20 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	31	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	34	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	32	May 22	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	33	May 24 (1)	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	34	May 24 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	35	May 25	DET		CLE	L,2-13	CG	52	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	36	May 26	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	37	May 27	DET		CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	38	May 28	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	39	May 29	DET		CAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	40	May 30	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	42 (1)	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	43	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	44	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
39	45	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
40	46	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	47	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	48	Jun 7	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	49	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
44	50	Jun 9	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	51	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	52	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	53	Jun 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
48	54	Jun 12 (2)	DET		NYY	L,10-12	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	55	Jun 13	DET		WSA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	C
50	56	Jun 14	DET		WSA	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
51	57	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	58	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	59	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	60	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	61	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	62	Jun 21	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	63	Jun 22	DET	@	WSA	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	64	Jun 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	65	Jun 24 (1)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	66	Jun 24 (2)	DET		MIN	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	67	Jun 25	DET		MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
62	68	Jun 26 (1)	DET		MIN	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	69	Jun 26 (2)	DET		MIN	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	70	Jun 28	DET	@	CAL	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	71	Jun 29	DET	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72	Jul 1 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	74 (1)	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
68	75	Jul 3 (1)	DET		KCA	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
69	76	Jul 3 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
70	78 (1)	Jul 5	DET		CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	79	Jul 6	DET		CAL	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
72	80	Jul 7	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
73	81	Jul 8	DET	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
74	82	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	28	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	83	Jul 10	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	84	Jul 14	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	85	Jul 15	DET		BAL	W,8-5	CG	50	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
78	86	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	87	Jul 17 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
80	88	Jul 17 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-15	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
81	89	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
82	90	Jul 20	DET	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	91	Jul 21	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	92	Jul 22	DET	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
85	93	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	94	Jul 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	96 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	97	Jul 27	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	98	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	99	Jul 29	DET	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	102 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	106 (3)	Aug 5	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
93	107	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
94	117 (9)	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	118	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
96	119	Aug 17	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	120	Aug 19	DET		BAL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
98	121	Aug 20	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
99	122	Aug 21	DET		BAL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
100	123	Aug 23	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	45	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	124	Aug 24	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
102	125	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
103	126	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
104	127	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
105	128	Aug 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	129	Aug 29	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
107	130	Aug 30	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	131	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	49	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
109	132	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	133	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	134	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	135	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	136	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
114	137	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	44	12.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B C
115	138	Sep 5 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
116	140 (1)	Sep 6	DET		WSA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
117	141	Sep 7	DET		WSA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
118	142	Sep 9	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	41	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
119	143	Sep 10	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
120	144	Sep 11	DET	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
121	145	Sep 13	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	146	Sep 14	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
123	147	Sep 15	DET		MIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
124	148	Sep 16	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
125	149	Sep 17	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
126	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,5-6	GS	42	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B C
127	151	Sep 21	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
128	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CAL	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
129	154 (1)	Sep 23	DET	@	MIN	L,4-12	GS	33	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
130	155	Sep 24	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
131	156	Sep 25	DET	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
132	157	Sep 26	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
133	158	Sep 27	DET	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
134	160 (1)	Sep 30	DET		KCA	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
135	161	Oct 1	DET		KCA	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
							137gm		1202.2	942	60	4	1006	14