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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	5	Apr 18	DET	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	4	0	12	2	1B
3	7 (1)	Apr 20	DET	@	OAK	L,5-6	GF	10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	8	Apr 21	DET	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	9	Apr 23	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
6	10	Apr 24	DET		TEX	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14 (3)	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	15	May 4	DET		MIN	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
9	16	May 5	DET		MIN	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	28 (11)	May 19	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	29	May 21	DET	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
12	30	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,4-8	GS	33	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
13	32 (1)	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	42 (9)	Jun 1 (2)	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	44 (1)	Jun 3	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	47 (2)	Jun 6	DET	@	TEX	L,6-16	CG	49	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	55 (7)	Jun 15	DET		KCR	L,7-21	CG	53	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
18	57 (1)	Jun 17	DET	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	26	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
19	58	Jun 18	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
20	59	Jun 19	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	61 (1)	Jun 21	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
22	62	Jun 22	DET	@	MIL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	63	Jun 23	DET	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	65 (1)	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	66	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	70 (3)	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	71	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	74 (2)	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
29	75	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	84 (8)	Jul 19	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	87 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	93 (5)	Jul 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	94	Jul 26	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
34	96 (1)	Jul 28	DET	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
35	99 (2)	Jul 31	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	100	Aug 1	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	103 (2)	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	104	Aug 5	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	108 (3)	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,15-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	109	Aug 9	DET		TEX	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	111 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	DET		TEX	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	118 (6)	Aug 19	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	119	Aug 20 (1)	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
44	122 (2)	Aug 22	DET		MIN	L,4-6	CG	54	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	124 (1)	Aug 24	DET		CHW	L,7-12	CG	51	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
46	129 (4)	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
47	130	Aug 31	DET	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	133 (2)	Sep 4	DET		MIL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	134	Sep 5	DET		MIL	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
50	135	Sep 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	137 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
54	144 (4)	Sep 14	DET	@	BAL	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
55	145	Sep 15	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	147 (1)	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	148	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	149	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	154 (4)	Sep 25	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	156 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	157	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
62	159 (1)	Oct 1	DET	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	161 (1)	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
							63gm		533.2	328	34	6	368	4