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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	DET	@	WSA	L,4-14	CG	49	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	DET		CLE	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 16	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
10	10	Apr 18	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	13	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	14	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
16	16	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	17	Apr 29	DET	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	20 (2)	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	21	May 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	22	May 5	DET		MIN	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	23	May 6	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	24	May 7	DET		MIN	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
23	25	May 8	DET		KCR	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	26	May 9	DET		KCR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
25	27	May 10	DET		KCR	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
26	28	May 11	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
27	29	May 12	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	30	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
29	31	May 16	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	32	May 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	33	May 20	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
32	34	May 21 (1)	DET		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	36 (1)	May 22	DET		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	37	May 23	DET		WSA	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	38	May 24	DET		WSA	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	39	May 25	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	40	May 26	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
38	41	May 27	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
39	42	May 29	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	43	May 30	DET	@	MIL	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
41	44	May 31	DET	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	46	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
44	47	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	48	Jun 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
46	49	Jun 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	50	Jun 7	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	51	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	52	Jun 10	DET		MIL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
50	53	Jun 11	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	54	Jun 12	DET		CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
52	55	Jun 13	DET		CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	56	Jun 14	DET		CAL	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
54	57	Jun 15	DET		OAK	L,7-12	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	58	Jun 16	DET		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
56	59	Jun 17	DET		OAK	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	60	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	61	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
59	62	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	63	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-8	GF	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	64	Jun 23	DET	@	WSA	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	65	Jun 24	DET	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	66	Jun 25	DET	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	67	Jun 26	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	68	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
66	69	Jun 28 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
67	71 (1)	Jun 30	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	75 (2)	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
70	76	Jul 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	77	Jul 6	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	78	Jul 7 (1)	DET		BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	81 (2)	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,7-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	82	Jul 10	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
75	83	Jul 11	DET		BAL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
76	84	Jul 12 (1)	DET		BAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	86 (1)	Jul 16	DET	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
78	87	Jul 17	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
79	88	Jul 18	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
80	89	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	91 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
82	92	Jul 21	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	93	Jul 22	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	94	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
85	95	Jul 24 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
86	97 (1)	Jul 25	DET		CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	98	Jul 26	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
88	99	Jul 28	DET		KCR	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
89	100	Jul 29	DET		KCR	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
90	101	Jul 30	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	102	Jul 31	DET		MIN	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	104 (1)	Aug 2	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
93	107 (2)	Aug 5	DET		WSA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
94	108	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
95	110 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
96	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	113 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	114	Aug 11	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
99	115	Aug 12	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
100	116	Aug 13	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
101	117	Aug 14	DET	@	CAL	L,3-7	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
102	119 (1)	Aug 16	DET	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
103	120	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	121	Aug 18	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
105	122	Aug 19	DET	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
106	123	Aug 21	DET		MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
107	124	Aug 22	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
108	125	Aug 23	DET		MIL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	C
109	126	Aug 25 (1)	DET		CAL	L,4-6	CG	50	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
110	127	Aug 25 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-10	GF	11	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
111	128	Aug 26	DET		CAL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
112	129	Aug 28	DET		OAK	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
113	130	Aug 29	DET		OAK	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
114	131	Aug 30	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
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