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Bill Freehan

William Ashley Freehan

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 203 lb.

Born: November 29, 1941 in Detroit, MI
High School: Royal Oak HS (Royal Oak, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1961
Team: Tigers 1961-1976

Final Game: October 3, 1976
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dan O'Brien
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1961 DET AL 19 C 3 3 3 22.0 18 14 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -55 7.36 6.00 .989 6.22 6.13 0 1 2 0 0% 36% 0
1963 DET AL 21 C 73 61 59 568.2 431 407 22 2 5 .995 1 2 6.79 5.88 .989 6.64 6.64 5 18 14 11 44% 33% 0
1963 DET AL 21 1B 19 19 15 168.1 164 147 16 1 14 .994 2 17 8.71 8.58 .990 9.48 9.49
1964 DET AL 22 C 141 137 135 1222.0 991 923 61 7 7 .993 9 9 7.25 6.98 .990 7.07 7.06 10 30 23 26 53% 37% 3 AS,MVP-7
1964 DET AL 22 1B 1 1 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 7.00 7.00 .991 9.40 9.40 AS,MVP-7
1965 DET AL 23 C 129 120 116 1085.2 926 865 57 4 4 .996 0 0 7.64 7.15 .988 6.96 6.94 20 32 39 22 36% 34% 1 AS,GG
1966 DET AL 24 C 132 130 128 1156.2 958 898 56 4 11 .996 2 2 7.42 7.23 .988 6.86 6.85 3 42 44 24 35% 38% 3 AS,MVP-16,GG
1966 DET AL 24 1B 5 5 3 46.0 48 44 4 0 3 1.000 0 10 9.39 9.60 .991 9.59 9.58 AS,MVP-16,GG
1967 DET AL 25 C 147 137 133 1223.1 1021 950 63 8 9 .992 -1 -1 7.45 6.89 .989 7.22 7.23 16 35 59 33 36% 41% 3 AS,MVP-3,GG
1967 DET AL 25 1B 11 12 5 97.0 82 77 5 0 6 1.000 -1 -7 7.61 7.45 .991 9.53 9.55 AS,MVP-3,GG
1968 DET AL 26 C 138 129 122 1180.1 1050 971 73 6 15 .994 5 5 7.96 7.57 .990 6.97 6.94 9 27 66 38 37% 37% 3 AS,MVP-2,GG
1968 DET AL 26 1B 21 21 16 172.0 173 162 10 1 11 .994 0 1 9.00 8.19 .989 9.59 9.54 AS,MVP-2,GG
1968 DET AL 26 OF 1 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -83 0.00 0.00 2.08 2.10 AS,MVP-2,GG
1968 DET AL 26 RF 1 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -83 0.00 0.00 1.87 1.90 AS,MVP-2,GG
1969 DET AL 27 C 120 113 111 1025.1 877 821 49 7 7 .992 2 2 7.64 7.25 .987 6.65 6.65 9 27 69 32 32% 36% 3 AS,MVP-26,GG
1969 DET AL 27 1B 20 21 15 163.0 148 138 7 3 7 .980 -2 -18 8.01 7.25 .992 9.63 9.62 AS,MVP-26,GG
1970 DET AL 28 C 114 110 109 984.1 786 742 42 2 6 .997 5 6 7.17 6.88 .988 6.65 6.62 8 36 41 36 47% 39% 1 AS
1971 DET AL 29 C 144 142 128 1265.0 966 912 50 4 6 .996 2 2 6.84 6.68 .988 6.37 6.34 7 31 67 36 35% 39% 0 AS
1971 DET AL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.90 AS
1971 DET AL 29 OF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.20 AS
1972 DET AL 30 C 105 99 96 882.1 713 648 57 8 9 .989 0 0 7.19 6.71 .985 6.48 6.46 7 26 57 34 37% 39% 2 AS,MVP-26
1972 DET AL 30 1B 1 2 1 12.0 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 1 110 6.75 9.00 .991 9.75 9.70 AS,MVP-26
1973 DET AL 31 C 98 94 87 831.2 637 584 50 3 3 .995 9 13 6.86 6.47 .985 6.05 6.02 3 17 57 42 42% 38% 1 AS
1973 DET AL 31 1B 7 7 5 59.0 57 54 3 0 2 1.000 1 28 8.69 8.14 .992 9.85 9.80 AS
1973 DET AL 31 DH 3 2 AS
1974 DET AL 32 1B 65 64 61 572.0 630 590 36 4 49 .994 1 2 9.85 9.63 .992 9.70 9.66
1974 DET AL 32 C 63 59 52 512.2 362 312 45 5 6 .986 -1 -2 6.27 5.67 .983 5.89 5.87 5 19 68 36 35% 38% 3
1974 DET AL 32 DH 1 1
1975 DET AL 33 C 113 112 105 960.1 652 582 64 6 8 .991 1 1 6.05 5.72 .983 6.00 5.98 4 31 78 47 38% 38% 0 AS
1975 DET AL 33 1B 5 5 5 43.1 55 53 2 0 4 1.000 -1 -25 11.42 11.00 .990 9.82 9.82 AS
1976 DET AL 34 C 61 60 57 516.2 346 312 28 6 2 .983 -7 -16 5.92 5.57 .981 5.75 5.77 2 15 57 16 22% 34% 0
1976 DET AL 34 DH 3 2
1976 DET AL 34 1B 2 2 2 17.0 22 16 6 0 2 1.000 -0 -7 11.65 11.00 .992 9.85 9.90
15 Seasons C 1581 1506 1441 13437.0 10734 9941 721 72 98 .993 26 2 7.14 6.74 .987 6.63 6.61 108 387 741 433 37% 38% 23
11 Seasons 1B 157 159 129 1358.2 1395 1294 92 9 98 .994 2 2 9.18 8.83 .991 9.65 9.62
2 Seasons OF 2 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -85 0.00 0.00 2.06 2.15
1 Season RF 1 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -83 0.00 0.00 1.87 1.90
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.90
15 Seasons TOT 1740 1665 1570 14801.1 12129 11235 813 81 196 .993 28 2 7.33 6.92 .988 6.90 6.88 108 387 741 433 37% 38% 23
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1961 DET AL 19 C -1 -55 -1
1963 DET AL 21 C 1 2 1
1963 DET AL 21 1B 2 17 2 0 2 0
1964 DET AL 22 C 9 9 9
1964 DET AL 22 1B -0 -13 -0 -0 0
1965 DET AL 23 C 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 24 C 2 2 2
1966 DET AL 24 1B 0 10 0 1 -0 0
1967 DET AL 25 C -1 -1 -1
1967 DET AL 25 1B -1 -7 -1 -0 -0 0
1968 DET AL 26 C 5 5 5
1968 DET AL 26 1B 0 1 0 0 -0 0
1968 DET AL 26 RF -0 -83 -0 0 -0
1969 DET AL 27 C 2 2 2
1969 DET AL 27 1B -2 -18 -2 -1 -1 0
1970 DET AL 28 C 5 6 5
1971 DET AL 29 C 2 2 2
1971 DET AL 29 LF -0 -90 -0 0 -0
1972 DET AL 30 C 0 0 0
1972 DET AL 30 1B 1 110 1 0 1 0
1973 DET AL 31 C 9 13 9
1973 DET AL 31 1B 1 28 1 0 1 0
1974 DET AL 32 1B 1 2 1 3 -2 0
1974 DET AL 32 C -1 -2 -1
1975 DET AL 33 C 1 1 1
1975 DET AL 33 1B -1 -25 -1 -1 -0 0
1976 DET AL 34 C -7 -16 -7
1976 DET AL 34 1B -0 -7 -0 -0 0 0
15 Seasons C 26 2 26
11 Seasons 1B 2 2 2 2 0 0
1 Season LF -0 -90 -0 0 -0
1 Season RF -0 -83 -0 0 -0
15 Seasons TOT 28 2 2 2 0 0 26
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 DET AL 19 4 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 DET AL 21 100 80 100 89 0 72 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1964 DET AL 22 144 138 144 142 0 141 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1965 DET AL 23 130 120 130 130 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1966 DET AL 24 136 135 136 135 0 132 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 DET AL 25 155 149 155 151 0 146 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 DET AL 26 155 150 155 154 0 138 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
1969 DET AL 27 143 134 143 136 0 118 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1970 DET AL 28 117 110 117 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 DET AL 29 148 142 148 145 0 144 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1972 DET AL 30 111 101 111 106 0 104 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1973 DET AL 31 110 103 110 105 0 98 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
1974 DET AL 32 130 124 130 127 0 63 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1975 DET AL 33 120 117 120 118 0 113 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 DET AL 34 71 64 71 63 0 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
15 Seasons 1774 1670 1774 1718 0 1577 164 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 74 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1961 DET AL 19 108 3.27 6.14 3 67% 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 DET AL 21 2467 4.15 4.65 41 100% 0 0 399 37 2 7 353 20 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 3 100%
1964 DET AL 22 5191 3.76 4.09 100 97% 0 0 923 73 2 15 833 61 16 1 2 11 7 0 5 2 2 9 0 0 1 9 89%
1965 DET AL 23 4548 3.29 3.69 84 100% 0 0 864 60 2 19 783 56 16 1 0 10 4 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 1 5 100%
1966 DET AL 24 4904 3.82 4.26 84 100% 0 0 903 64 2 25 812 57 12 2 0 12 4 1 1 2 0 11 0 0 4 4 100%
1967 DET AL 25 5037 3.28 3.60 71 100% 0 0 926 47 6 26 846 63 13 0 0 10 8 0 0 8 0 10 0 1 1 5 100%
1968 DET AL 26 4759 2.70 2.93 85 98% 1 0 977 57 2 18 899 71 19 1 1 6 6 0 4 2 0 15 0 2 2 8 100%
1969 DET AL 27 4303 3.20 3.61 72 94% 0 0 800 57 5 22 716 51 8 0 0 6 7 0 3 4 1 5 0 1 1 8 88%
1970 DET AL 28 4274 3.73 4.24 52 98% 0 1 742 37 7 13 685 43 10 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 1 2 6 100%
1971 DET AL 29 5378 3.61 3.90 62 97% 0 0 911 45 3 23 838 50 10 0 0 6 4 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 1 9 89%
1972 DET AL 30 3654 3.12 3.56 43 95% 0 0 641 30 3 13 595 57 12 0 0 5 8 1 2 5 1 9 0 2 3 9 89%
1973 DET AL 31 3521 3.82 4.12 54 98% 0 0 576 39 3 10 523 46 11 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 6 83%
1974 DET AL 32 2205 4.30 4.86 39 97% 0 0 313 29 0 6 278 44 7 0 0 3 5 0 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 3 100%
1975 DET AL 33 4193 4.15 4.90 47 94% 1 0 584 32 7 12 532 63 10 0 0 7 6 1 2 3 1 8 0 1 2 4 75%
1976 DET AL 34 2263 4.25 4.86 38 100% 0 0 313 29 1 9 274 27 8 0 0 2 6 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 100%
15 Seasons 56805 3.58 3.99 875 98% 2 1 9885 636 45 218 8980 713 158 6 5 86 72 5 20 47 6 97 1 9 20 82 93%
MLB Averages 3.58 4.06 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1961 DET AL 19 0 1 44 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.80
1963 DET AL 21 5 18 941 14 11 10 44% 14 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 51 17 1.25 1.17
1964 DET AL 22 10 30 1929 23 26 25 53% 22 21 1 3 0 2 3 0 85 30 1.62 1.27
1965 DET AL 23 20 32 1678 39 22 20 36% 38 18 1 3 0 1 1 1 129 31 1.37 1.51
1966 DET AL 24 3 42 1792 44 24 22 35% 39 22 5 1 0 1 3 0 105 38 1.21 1.24
1967 DET AL 25 16 35 1805 59 33 29 36% 56 29 3 2 0 2 3 0 136 48 1.23 1.63
1968 DET AL 26 10 27 1639 66 38 34 37% 60 35 5 1 1 2 3 1 117 48 1.43 1.32
1969 DET AL 27 9 27 1590 69 32 26 32% 57 29 10 2 2 1 3 1 120 45 1.33 1.48
1970 DET AL 28 8 36 1700 41 36 26 47% 38 31 2 4 1 1 1 0 111 41 1.24 1.07
1971 DET AL 29 7 31 2057 67 36 32 35% 65 31 2 2 0 3 0 0 130 38 1.40 1.28
1972 DET AL 30 7 26 1355 57 34 31 37% 51 28 6 4 0 2 2 0 118 38 1.32 1.39
1973 DET AL 31 3 17 1294 57 42 30 42% 53 37 3 5 1 0 1 0 92 44 1.10 1.36
1974 DET AL 32 5 19 835 68 36 30 35% 62 28 3 5 3 3 3 0 112 45 1.32 1.00
1975 DET AL 33 4 31 1579 78 47 42 38% 72 42 4 3 2 2 0 0 134 49 1.02 1.21
1976 DET AL 34 2 15 869 57 16 13 22% 50 13 6 3 1 0 0 0 85 21 1.46 1.16
15 Seasons 109 387 21107 741 433 370 37% 678 373 52 39 11 21 23 3 1528 534 1.29 1.30
MLB Averages 37% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1963 DET AL 21 718 56% 78% 28% 39 97% 1 159 9 150 0 12 17 11 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 15 0 1 0 15 1 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 22 36 67% 58% 19% 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 24 182 64% 81% 23% 12 100% 0 42 6 35 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 25 394 57% 74% 23% 19 95% 0 88 4 82 2 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1968 DET AL 26 700 62% 76% 25% 46 98% 0 166 21 144 1 16 8 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0
1969 DET AL 27 684 64% 80% 26% 37 86% 1 155 9 146 0 16 7 5 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 10 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 DET AL 30 56 55% 88% 21% 11 91% 1 11 1 10 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 DET AL 31 245 55% 84% 28% 18 100% 0 61 5 54 2 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
1974 DET AL 32 2467 70% 80% 26% 134 93% 0 588 45 534 9 44 39 27 8 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 49 1 0 0 46 2 3 1 2 8 88%
1975 DET AL 33 188 49% 79% 29% 7 100% 0 53 3 47 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1976 DET AL 34 90 48% 83% 26% 6 100% 0 16 0 16 0 2 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 5760 64% 79% 26% 329 94% 3 1346 103 1225 18 120 96 61 20 2 5 10 1 9 0 9 104 1 2 0 98 4 6 2 4 14 93%
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 78% 56% 28% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 78% 56% 28% 0
MLB Averages 41.0% 3.2% 63% 80% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 86% 14% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 86% 14% 0
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.8% 63% 80% 27% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1982 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1964
1965 *
1966 (C)
1967 (C)
1968 (C)
1969 (C)
1970 (C)
1971 (C)
1972 (C)
1973
1975

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (7, 16%)
1966 AL (16, 3%)
1967 AL (3, 49%)
1968 AL (2, 56%)
1969 AL (26, 1%)
1972 AL (26, 1%)
1.27 Career Shares (176th)

Gold Gloves
1965 AL (C)
1966 AL (C)
1967 AL (C)
1968 AL (C)
1969 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Putouts† s c a p y
1968 AL  1,133 (4th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1964 AL  141 (3rd)
1965 AL  129 (1st)
1966 AL  132 (2nd)
1967 AL  147 (1st)
1968 AL  138 (1st)
1969 AL  120 (3rd)
1970 AL  114 (4th)
1971 AL  144 (1st)
Career  1,581 (23rd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1964 AL  923 (2nd)
1965 AL  865 (1st)
1966 AL  898 (1st)
1967 AL  950 (1st)
1968 AL  971 (1st)
1969 AL  821 (1st)
1970 AL  742 (2nd)
1971 AL  912 (1st)
1972 AL  648 (4th)
1975 AL  582 (5th)
Career  9,941 (12th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1964 AL  61 (3rd)
1965 AL  57 (2nd)
1966 AL  56 (3rd)
1967 AL  63 (3rd)
1968 AL  73 (2nd)
1972 AL  57 (5th)
1973 AL  50 (5th)
Career  721 (93rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1967 AL  8 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  20 (2nd)
1967 AL  16 (2nd)
1968 AL  9 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1967 AL  59 (1st)
1968 AL  66 (1st)
1969 AL  69 (1st)
1971 AL  67 (1st)
1972 AL  57 (1st)
1973 AL  57 (5th)
1974 AL  68 (4th)
1975 AL  78 (3rd)
Career  741 (73rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1964 AL  26 (2nd)
1965 AL  22 (3rd)
1967 AL  33 (4th)
1968 AL  38 (1st)
1969 AL  32 (2nd)
1970 AL  36 (4th)
1971 AL  36 (3rd)
1972 AL  34 (3rd)
1973 AL  42 (3rd)
Career  433 (88th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1964 AL  53.1 (1st)
1965 AL  36.1 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1964 AL  9 (3rd)
1968 AL  5 (2nd)
1970 AL  5 (5th)
1973 AL  9 (2nd)
Career  26 (49th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1964 AL  7.25 (4th)
1965 AL  7.64 (2nd)
1966 AL  7.42 (2nd)
1967 AL  7.45 (5th)
1968 AL  7.96 (2nd)
1969 AL  7.64 (1st)
1970 AL  7.17 (4th)
1971 AL  6.84 (4th)
1972 AL  7.19 (2nd)
1973 AL  6.86 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1964 AL  6.98 (3rd)
1965 AL  7.15 (1st)
1966 AL  7.23 (1st)
1967 AL  6.89 (3rd)
1968 AL  7.57 (2nd)
1969 AL  7.25 (1st)
1970 AL  6.88 (3rd)
1971 AL  6.68 (2nd)
1972 AL  6.71 (2nd)
1973 AL  6.47 (2nd)
1975 AL  5.72 (5th)
Career  6.74 (30th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1964 AL  .993 (2nd)
1965 AL  .996 (2nd)
1966 AL  .996 (1st)
1967 AL  .992 (2nd)
1968 AL  .994 (2nd)
1969 AL  .992 (3rd)
1970 AL  .997 (1st)
1971 AL  .996 (2nd)
1972 AL  .989 (5th)
1973 AL  .995 (1st)
1975 AL  .991 (2nd)
Career  .993 (20th)

Youngest s c a p y
1961 AL  born 1941-11-29 (9th)

                           

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