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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 15)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	DET		NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	DET		NYY	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	6	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	46	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	9	Apr 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	14	Apr 24	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
15	15	Apr 25	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	16	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
17	17	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	18	Apr 28	DET		WSA	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	19	Apr 29	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	20	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	22	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
23	23	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	24	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	43	10.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
25	25	May 6	DET		KCR	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
26	26	May 7	DET		KCR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
27	27	May 9	DET		MIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
28	28	May 11	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
29	29	May 13	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
30	30	May 14	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	31	May 15	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	32	May 17	DET	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	33	May 18	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
34	34	May 20	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
35	35	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
36	36	May 23	DET		CAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	18	1	0	19	0	C
37	37	May 24	DET		CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	38	May 25	DET		CAL	W,10-0	GS	19	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	39	May 27	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
40	40	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	42 (1)	May 30	DET	@	SEP	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	43	May 31	DET	@	SEP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 1	DET	@	SEP	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
44	45	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
45	46	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
46	47	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
47	48	Jun 6	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
48	49	Jun 7	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	50	Jun 9	DET		SEP	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	17	0	0	17	0	C
50	53 (2)	Jun 13	DET	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	54	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	55	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	56	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
54	57	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
55	58	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
56	59	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
57	60	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,2-7	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
58	61	Jun 21	DET		WSA	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	62	Jun 22 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
60	63	Jun 22 (2)	DET		WSA	L,5-9	CG	32	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
61	64	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	65	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
63	66	Jun 25	DET		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
64	67	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	68	Jun 27	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
66	69	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
67	70	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	71	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	5	0	1	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	72	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	73	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,7-0	GS	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B C
71	74	Jul 3	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
72	75	Jul 4	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	76	Jul 5	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
74	77	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
75	78	Jul 7	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	79	Jul 8	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
77	80	Jul 9	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
78	81	Jul 10	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GS	49	11.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B C
79	82	Jul 11	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
80	87 (4)	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
81	89 (1)	Jul 17	DET	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	90	Jul 18	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	91	Jul 19	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
84	92	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
85	93	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
86	94	Jul 24	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
87	95	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
88	96	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,12-2	GS	25	6.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
89	97	Jul 27	DET		KCR	L,2-7	GS	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	106 (8)	Aug 5	DET		MIN	W,4-3	CG	57	13.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
91	108 (1)	Aug 7	DET		MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
93	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-7	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	111	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	112	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	113	Aug 11	DET		CAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	114	Aug 12	DET		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
98	115	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	116	Aug 15	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	117	Aug 16	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	118	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	119	Aug 19	DET	@	SEP	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
103	120	Aug 20	DET	@	SEP	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	15	2	0	17	0	C
104	121	Aug 21	DET	@	SEP	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B C
105	122	Aug 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
106	123	Aug 23	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
107	124	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	125	Aug 26 (1)	DET		OAK	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	127 (1)	Aug 27	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
110	128	Aug 28	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	59	13.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
111	130 (1)	Aug 30	DET		SEP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
112	131	Aug 31	DET		SEP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	133 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	10	1	0	11	1	C
114	134	Sep 2	DET	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	135	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
116	136	Sep 4	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
117	137	Sep 5	DET		BAL	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
118	138	Sep 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
119	140 (1)	Sep 8	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
120	141	Sep 9	DET		NYY	W,2-0	GS	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
121	144 (2)	Sep 12	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
122	145	Sep 13	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
123	146	Sep 14	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	CG	57	12.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
124	147	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	148	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	56	12.2	5	2	0	7	0	C
126	149	Sep 17	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
127	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
128	151	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
129	153 (1)	Sep 21	DET		BOS	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
130	154	Sep 24 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
131	156 (1)	Sep 25	DET		WSA	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
132	157	Sep 26	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
133	158	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
134	159	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
135	160	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
136	161	Sep 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
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