Bill Freehan
William Ashley Freehan
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 29, 1941 in Detroit, MI
High School: Royal Oak (Royal Oak, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1961
Final Game: October 3, 1976
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dan O'Brien
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 DET AL 19 C 3 3 22.0 18 14 4 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -54.5 -1 7.36 6.00 .989 6.22 5.43 0 1 2 0 0%
1963 DET AL 21 C 73 61 568.2 431 407 22 2 5 .995 1.0 2.1 1 6.79 5.88 .989 6.64 5.78 5 18 14 11 44%
1963 DET AL 21 1B 19 19 168.1 164 147 16 1 14 .994 2.4 17.1 2.4 2.2 0.2 0 8.71 8.58 .990 9.48 8.59
1964 DET AL 22 C 141 137 1222.0 991 923 61 7 7 .993 9.0 8.8 9 7.25 6.98 .990 7.07 6.07 10 30 23 26 53% AS,MVP-7
1964 DET AL 22 1B 1 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 7.00 7.00 .986 9.40 8.10 AS,MVP-7
1965 DET AL 23 C 129 120 1085.2 926 865 57 4 4 .996 0.0 0.0 0 7.64 7.15 .988 6.96 5.67 20 32 39 22 36% AS,GG
1966 DET AL 24 C 132 130 1156.2 958 898 56 4 11 .996 2.0 2.1 2 7.42 7.23 .988 6.86 5.86 3 42 44 24 35% AS,MVP-16,GG
1966 DET AL 24 1B 5 5 46.0 48 44 4 0 3 1.000 0.4 10.4 0.4 -0.3 0.7 0 9.39 9.60 .992 9.59 8.18 AS,MVP-16,GG
1967 DET AL 25 C 147 137 1223.1 1021 950 63 8 9 .992 -1.0 -1.0 -1 7.45 6.89 .989 7.22 6.15 16 35 59 33 36% AS,MVP-3,GG
1967 DET AL 25 1B 11 12 97.0 82 77 5 0 6 1.000 -0.6 -7.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 0 7.61 7.45 .991 9.53 8.32 AS,MVP-3,GG
1968 DET AL 26 C 138 129 1180.1 1050 971 73 6 15 .994 5.0 5.1 5 7.96 7.57 .990 6.97 6.01 7 27 66 38 37% AS,MVP-2,GG
1968 DET AL 26 1B 21 21 172.0 173 162 10 1 11 .994 0.2 1.4 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 9.00 8.19 .989 9.59 8.32 AS,MVP-2,GG
1968 DET AL 26 OF 1 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -83.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.08 1.80 AS,MVP-2,GG
1968 DET AL 26 RF 1 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -83.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.87 1.60 AS,MVP-2,GG
1969 DET AL 27 C 120 113 1025.1 877 821 49 7 7 .992 2.0 2.3 2 7.64 7.25 .987 6.65 5.59 9 27 69 32 32% AS,MVP-26,GG
1969 DET AL 27 1B 20 21 163.0 148 138 7 3 7 .980 -2.4 -17.7 -2.4 -1.2 -1.2 0 8.01 7.25 .992 9.63 8.33 AS,MVP-26,GG
1970 DET AL 28 C 114 110 984.1 786 742 42 2 6 .997 5.0 6.1 5 7.17 6.88 .988 6.65 5.82 8 36 41 36 47% AS
1971 DET AL 29 C 144 142 1265.0 966 912 50 4 6 .996 2.0 1.9 2 6.84 6.68 .988 6.37 5.63 7 31 67 36 35% AS
1971 DET AL 29 LF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.60 AS
1971 DET AL 29 OF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00 AS
1972 DET AL 30 C 105 99 882.1 713 648 57 8 9 .989 0.0 0.0 0 7.19 6.71 .985 6.48 5.66 7 26 57 34 37% AS,MVP-26
1972 DET AL 30 1B 1 2 12.0 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.1 110.0 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 6.75 9.00 .989 9.75 8.00 AS,MVP-26
1973 DET AL 31 C 98 94 831.2 637 584 50 3 3 .995 9.0 13.0 9 6.86 6.47 .985 6.05 5.29 3 17 57 42 42% AS
1973 DET AL 31 1B 7 7 59.0 57 54 3 0 2 1.000 1.4 28.5 1.4 1.1 0.3 0 8.69 8.14 .991 9.85 8.27 AS
1973 DET AL 31 DH 3 AS
1974 DET AL 32 1B 65 64 572.0 630 590 36 4 49 .994 1.0 2.1 1.0 -1.9 2.9 0 9.85 9.63 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 DET AL 32 C 63 59 512.2 362 312 45 5 6 .986 -1.0 -2.3 -1 6.27 5.67 .983 5.89 5.01 5 19 68 36 35%
1974 DET AL 32 DH 1
1975 DET AL 33 C 113 112 960.1 652 582 64 6 8 .991 1.0 1.2 1 6.05 5.72 .983 6.00 5.04 4 31 78 47 38% AS
1975 DET AL 33 1B 5 5 43.1 55 53 2 0 4 1.000 -0.9 -24.9 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 11.42 11.00 .989 9.82 8.32 AS
1976 DET AL 34 C 61 60 516.2 346 312 28 6 2 .983 -7.0 -16.3 -7 5.92 5.57 .981 5.75 4.90 2 15 57 16 22%
1976 DET AL 34 DH 3
1976 DET AL 34 1B 2 2 17.0 22 16 6 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 11.65 11.00 .991 9.85 8.90
15 Seasons C 1581 1506 13437.0 10734 9941 721 72 98 .993 26.0 2.3 26 7.14 6.74 .987 6.63 5.68 106 387 741 433 37%
11 Seasons 1B 157 159 1358.2 1395 1294 92 9 98 .994 2.4 2.1 2.4 0.4 1.9 0 9.18 8.83 .991 9.65 8.22
3 Seasons DH 7
2 Seasons OF 2 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -84.7 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.06 1.90
1 Season LF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.60
1 Season RF 1 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -83.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.87 1.60
15 Seasons TOT 1740 1665 14801.1 12129 11235 813 81 196 .993 28.0 2.3 2.0 0.0 1.9 0 26 7.33 6.92 .981 6.90 5.90 106 387 741 433 37%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 DET AL 21 100 80 100 100 0 73 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1964 DET AL 22 144 138 144 144 0 141 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1965 DET AL 23 130 120 130 130 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1966 DET AL 24 136 135 136 136 0 132 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 DET AL 25 155 149 155 155 0 147 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 DET AL 26 155 150 155 155 0 138 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1969 DET AL 27 143 134 143 143 0 120 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1970 DET AL 28 117 110 117 117 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 DET AL 29 148 142 148 148 0 144 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
1972 DET AL 30 111 101 111 111 0 105 1 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 2 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 2 6 0
15 Seasons 1774 1670 1774 1756 0 1581 159 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 19 111 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 2526 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 5283 3.76 4.09 100 97% 0 0 924 73 2 16 833 61 16 1 2 11 7 0 5 2 2 9 0 0 1 9 89%
1965 DET AL 23 4677 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 5030 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 5196 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 4908 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 4453 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 4408 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 5524 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 3778 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 3643 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 2339 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 4359 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 2355 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 58590 3.58 3.99 875 98% 2 1 9886 636 45 219 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*

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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 1.73
1963 DET AL 21 5 18 941 14 11 10 44% 14 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 51 17 1.22 1.18
1964 DET AL 22 10 30 1929 23 26 25 53% 22 21 1 3 0 2 3 0 85 30 1.61 1.27
1965 DET AL 23 20 32 1678 39 22 20 36% 38 18 1 3 0 1 1 1 129 31 1.35 1.48
1966 DET AL 24 3 42 1792 44 24 22 35% 39 22 5 1 0 1 3 0 105 38 1.19 1.22
1967 DET AL 25 16 35 1805 59 33 29 36% 56 29 3 2 0 2 3 0 136 48 1.21 1.62
1968 DET AL 26 10 27 1639 66 38 34 37% 60 35 5 1 1 2 3 1 117 48 1.39 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 1.46
1970 DET AL 28 8 36 1700 41 36 26 47% 38 31 2 4 1 1 1 0 111 41 1.23 1.07
1971 DET AL 29 7 31 2057 67 36 32 35% 65 31 2 2 0 3 0 0 130 38 1.38 1.28
1972 DET AL 30 7 26 1355 57 34 31 37% 51 28 6 4 0 2 2 0 118 38 1.30 1.38
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 1.01
1975 DET AL 33 4 31 1579 78 47 42 38% 72 42 4 3 2 2 0 0 134 49 1.02 1.22
1976 DET AL 34 2 15 869 57 16 13 22% 50 13 6 3 1 0 0 0 85 21 1.45 1.19
15 Seasons 109 387 21107 741 433 370 37% 678 373 52 39 11 21 23 3 1528 534 1.28 1.29
MLB Averages 37% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 21 736 55% 76% 27% 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 37 65% 57% 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 24 190 62% 77% 22% 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 25 411 55% 71% 22% 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 26 716 60% 75% 24% 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 27 716 62% 77% 25% 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 60 52% 82% 20% 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 31 250 54% 82% 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 2571 67% 77% 25% 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 33 192 48% 77% 28% 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 93 46% 81% 25% 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 5972 61% 76% 25% 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 61% 77% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 42.3% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 57.5% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 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 1954 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.

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