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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 7 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 7 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
5	5	Apr 9	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 11	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 12	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 14	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
10	10	Apr 15	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	DET		BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
12	12	Apr 20	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	13	Apr 21	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
14	16 (2)	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
15	17	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
16	18	Apr 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
17	19	Apr 30	DET	@	KCR	W,7-2	GS	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	32 (12)	May 17	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
19	33	May 18	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
20	34	May 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	3	1	11	1	C
21	36 (1)	May 20	DET	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	37	May 21	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	38	May 22	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	39	May 23	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
25	40	May 24	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
26	41	May 25	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
27	42	May 26	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
28	43	May 27	DET	@	OAK	L,2-12	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	44	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	45	May 29	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
31	46	May 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	47	Jun 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
33	48	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
34	49	Jun 4 (1)	DET		OAK	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
35	51 (1)	Jun 5	DET		OAK	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	52	Jun 7	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
37	53	Jun 8	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
38	54	Jun 9	DET		CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
39	55	Jun 10	DET		TEX	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
40	56	Jun 11	DET		TEX	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	57	Jun 12	DET		TEX	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
42	58	Jun 14	DET		KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
43	59	Jun 15	DET		KCR	W,11-9	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
44	60	Jun 16	DET		KCR	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
45	61	Jun 17	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
46	62	Jun 18	DET	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
47	63	Jun 19	DET	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	45	11.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
48	64	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
49	65	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
50	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
51	67	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
52	68	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
53	69	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
54	70	Jun 27	DET		MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
55	71	Jun 28	DET		MIL	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
56	74 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	75	Jul 1	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
58	76	Jul 2	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
59	77	Jul 3	DET		NYY	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
60	78	Jul 4	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
61	79	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
62	81 (1)	Jul 6	DET		CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
63	84 (2)	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	49	10.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
64	85	Jul 10	DET	@	MIN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
65	86	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
66	87	Jul 13	DET	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
67	88	Jul 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	GF	26	5.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
68	90 (1)	Jul 16	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
69	91	Jul 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
70	92	Jul 18	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
71	93	Jul 19	DET		MIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
72	95 (1)	Jul 21	DET		MIN	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
73	96	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
74	97	Jul 26	DET		BOS	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
75	99 (1)	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
76	100	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
77	101	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	104 (2)	Aug 2	DET	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
79	105	Aug 3	DET		BAL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
80	106	Aug 4 (1)	DET		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
81	107	Aug 4 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
82	110 (2)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
83	111	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
84	112	Aug 8	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
85	113	Aug 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	67	13.2	13	1	0	14	1	1B C
86	114	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
87	115	Aug 11	DET	@	TEX	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
88	116	Aug 12	DET		KCR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
89	117	Aug 13	DET		KCR	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
90	119 (1)	Aug 16	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
91	121 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	OAK	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
92	122	Aug 19	DET	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	36	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
93	124 (1)	Aug 21	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
94	125	Aug 23	DET		TEX	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
95	127 (1)	Aug 25	DET		TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
96	128	Aug 26	DET		CAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
97	129	Aug 27	DET		CAL	L,6-7	CG	56	13.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
98	130	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
99	131	Aug 30	DET		OAK	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
100	132	Aug 31	DET		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	133	Sep 1	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
102	134	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
103	135	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GF	9	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
104	136	Sep 4	DET		CLE	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	138 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	139	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
107	140	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
108	141	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
109	142	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,6-12	GS	28	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	143	Sep 11	DET		MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
111	144	Sep 12	DET		MIL	W,9-7	GS	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
112	145	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	146	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
114	147	Sep 15	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	148	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
116	149	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
117	150	Sep 19	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	151	Sep 20	DET	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
119	153 (1)	Sep 22	DET	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
120	154	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
121	155	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
122	156	Sep 26	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
123	157	Sep 27	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
124	159 (1)	Sep 29	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
125	160	Sep 30	DET		BAL	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	161	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
127	162	Oct 2	DET		BAL	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							128gm		1085.2	902	81	9	992	55