Hersh Freeman
Hershell Baskin Freeman (Buster)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 1, 1928 in Gadsden, AL
School: University of Alabama
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1952
Final Game: June 7, 1958
Died: January 17, 2004 in Orlando, FL
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 23 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 3.29 4 1 1 1 0 0 13.2 13 5 5 1 5 5 1 0 0 56 119 1.317 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.3 1.00
1953 24 BOS AL 1 4 .200 5.54 18 2 7 0 0 0 39.0 50 31 24 2 17 15 0 0 1 179 76 1.718 11.5 0.5 3.9 3.5 0.88
1955 26 TOT MLB 7 4 .636 2.12 54 0 27 0 0 11 93.1 95 31 22 3 31 7 38 2 1 2 392 198 1.350 9.2 0.3 3.0 3.7 1.23
1955 26 BOS AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1955 26 CIN NL 7 4 .636 2.16 52 0 27 0 0 11 91.2 94 31 22 3 30 6 37 2 1 2 386 194 1.353 9.2 0.3 2.9 3.6 1.23
1956 27 CIN NL 14 5 .737 3.40 64 0 47 0 0 18 108.2 112 44 41 2 34 11 50 1 1 3 458 117 1.344 9.3 0.2 2.8 4.1 1.47 MVP-13
1957 28 CIN NL 7 2 .778 4.52 52 0 26 0 0 8 83.2 90 49 42 14 14 4 36 3 1 2 353 90 1.243 9.7 1.5 1.5 3.9 2.57
1958 29 TOT NL 0 1 .000 6.53 12 0 3 0 0 0 20.2 27 16 15 3 8 0 14 0 1 1 101 61 1.694 11.8 1.3 3.5 6.1 1.75
1958 29 CIN NL 0 0 3.52 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 3 3 0 5 0 7 0 1 1 32 118 1.174 4.7 0.0 5.9 8.2 1.40
1958 29 CHC NL 0 1 .000 8.31 9 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 23 13 12 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 69 47 2.000 15.9 2.1 2.1 4.8 2.33
6 Seasons 30 16 .652 3.74 204 3 111 1 0 37 359.0 387 176 149 25 109 22 158 7 4 9 1539 109 1.382 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.0 1.45
162 Game Avg. 10 5 .652 3.74 67 1 36 0 0 12 118 127 58 49 8 36 52 2 1 3 506 109 1.382 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.0 1.45
CIN (4 yrs) 28 11 .718 3.33 171 0 100 0 0 37 291.2 300 127 108 19 83 21 130 6 4 8 1229 122 1.313 9.3 0.6 2.6 4.0 1.57
BOS (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.80 24 3 8 1 0 0 54.1 64 36 29 3 23 1 21 1 0 1 241 86 1.601 10.6 0.5 3.8 3.5 0.91
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 8.31 9 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 23 13 12 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 69 47 2.000 15.9 2.1 2.1 4.8 2.33
NL (4 yrs) 28 12 .700 3.54 180 0 103 0 0 37 304.2 323 140 120 22 86 21 137 6 4 8 1298 115 1.342 9.5 0.6 2.5 4.0 1.59
AL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.80 24 3 8 1 0 0 54.1 64 36 29 3 23 1 21 1 0 1 241 86 1.601 10.6 0.5 3.8 3.5 0.91

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 26 TOT MLB 54 393 346 31 95 14 3 3 1 1 31 38 .275 .334 .358 .693 .298 124 15 2 10 4 7
1955 26 BOS AL 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 .250 1 1 0 0 0 1
1955 26 CIN NL 52 387 341 31 94 14 3 3 1 1 30 37 .276 .334 .361 .695 .298 123 14 2 10 4 6
1956 27 CIN NL 64 458 409 44 112 17 6 2 5 1 34 50 .274 .329 .359 .688 .306 147 10 1 11 3 11
1957 28 CIN NL 52 353 325 49 90 9 3 14 3 1 14 36 .277 .308 .452 .761 .271 147 1 3 6 5 4
1958 29 TOT NL 12 99 89 16 27 4 0 3 0 0 8 14 .303 .357 .449 .807 .329 40 1 0 1 1 0
1958 29 CHC NL 9 67 63 13 23 4 0 3 0 0 3 7 .365 .394 .571 .965 .377 36 1 0 1 0 0
1958 29 CIN NL 3 32 26 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .154 .281 .154 .435 .200 4 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 182 1303 1169 140 324 44 12 22 9 3 87 138 .277 .327 .392 .719 .295 458 27 6 28 13 22
162 Game Avg. 68 487 437 52 121 16 4 8 3 1 33 52 .277 .327 .392 .719 .295 171 10 2 10 5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 26 TOT MLB 54 54 27 7 4 12 11 4 92% 14 2 45 11 24% 1.228 25 7 21 16 14 24 24 30 31 8 31 15 5.2
1955 26 BOS AL 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 6 1.855 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.5
1955 26 CIN NL 52 52 27 7 4 11 11 3 100% 13 2 40 9 23% 7 1.218 24 7 20 15 14 23 22 30 31 7 31 15 5.3
1956 27 CIN NL 64 64 47 14 5 21 18 4 86% 25 2 42 14 33% 8 1.586 34 11 19 28 12 24 22 42 34 11 36 21 5.1
1957 28 CIN NL 52 52 26 7 2 12 8 4 67% 15 1 32 15 47% 8 0.921 17 9 24 16 6 30 19 33 29 13 29 12 4.8
1958 29 TOT NL 12 12 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 6 100% 0.765 2 5 5 2 0 10 4 8 7 4 7 2 5.2
1958 29 CIN NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.373 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 7.7
1958 29 CHC NL 9 9 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 6 100% 9 0.952 2 4 3 2 0 7 4 5 5 3 5 2 4.3
4 Seasons 182 182 103 28 12 46 37 13 80% 55 5 125 46 37% 1.236 78 32 69 62 32 88 69 113 101 36 103 50 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1952 23 BOS AL
1953 24 BOS AL
1955 26 TOT MLB 393 35% 0.8% 9.7% 7.9% 5.1% 21% 1.15 79% 97 15 15%
1955 26 BOS AL 6 33% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 67% 3 1 33%
1955 26 CIN NL 387 35% 0.8% 9.6% 7.8% 5.2% 21% 1.11 79% 94 14 15%
1956 27 CIN NL 459 40% 0.4% 10.9% 7.4% 5.5% 22% 0.90 79% 112 10 9%
1957 28 CIN NL 353 37% 4.0% 10.2% 4.0% 7.4% 29% 0.60 79% 62 1 2%
1958 29 TOT NL 99 39% 3.0% 14.1% 8.1% 7.1% 26% 0.96 74% 24 1 4%
1958 29 CIN NL 32 38% 0.0% 21.9% 15.6% 0.0% 0% 1.29 63% 7 0 0%
1958 29 CHC NL 67 40% 4.5% 10.5% 4.5% 10.5% 30% 0.82 79% 17 1 6%
6 Seasons 1304 38% 1.9% 12.1% 8.4% 6.0% 20% 0.87 78% 295 27 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1952 23 BOS AL 13 1 0
1953 24 BOS AL 50 2 1
1955 26 TOT MLB 392 95 3 0 20 0 3 1 2 36 13 2 36% 5 2 1 169 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1955 26 BOS AL 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 26 CIN NL 386 94 3 0 18 0 3 1 2 34 12 2 35% 5 2 1 165 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1956 27 CIN NL 459 112 2 0 16 1 1 2 0 29 17 3 59% 2 3 0 197 5 1 83% 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1957 28 CIN NL 353 90 14 0 12 6 8 9 5 22 10 4 45% 1 2 0 124 3 1 75% 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1958 29 TOT NL 99 27 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 6 5 0 83% 2 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 29 CIN NL 32 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 29 CHC NL 67 23 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 5 4 0 80% 2 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1303 387 25 0 52 9 13 13 9 93 45 9 48% 10 9 1 527 9 3 75% 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 28 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1952 23 1 0 1.000 3.29 4 1 1 1 0 0 13.2 13 5 5 1 5 5 1 0 0 56 119 1.317 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.3 1.00 119
1953 24 2 4 .333 4.96 22 3 8 1 0 0 52.2 63 36 29 3 22 20 1 0 1 235 83 1.614 10.8 0.5 3.8 3.4 0.91 83
1954 25 2 4 .333 4.96 22 3 8 1 0 0 52.2 63 36 29 3 22 20 1 0 1 235 83 1.614 10.8 0.5 3.8 3.4 0.91 83
1955 26 9 8 .529 3.14 76 3 35 1 0 11 146.0 158 67 51 6 53 7 58 3 1 3 627 133 1.445 9.7 0.4 3.3 3.6 1.09 133
1956 27 23 13 .639 3.25 140 3 82 1 0 29 254.2 270 111 92 8 87 18 108 4 2 6 1085 126 1.402 9.5 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.24 126
1957 28 30 15 .667 3.56 192 3 108 1 0 37 338.1 360 160 134 22 101 22 144 7 3 8 1438 114 1.363 9.6 0.6 2.7 3.8 1.43 114
1958 29 30 16 .652 3.74 204 3 111 1 0 37 359.0 387 176 149 25 109 22 158 7 4 9 1539 109 1.382 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.0 1.45 109

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1952 23 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 13 6 5 1 5 5 1 1.385 9.0 3.5 3.5 1.00 0.7 4
1953 24 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 50 26 23 2 17 15 0 1.675 11.3 3.8 3.4 0.88 0.5 18
1955 26 8 2 .800 2.11 94.0 96 24 22 3 31 38 2 1.351 9.2 3.0 3.6 1.23 0.3 54
1956 27 7 5 .583 3.47 109.0 115 47 42 2 35 50 1 1.376 9.5 2.9 4.1 1.43 0.2 64
1957 28 4 5 .444 4.40 86.0 93 47 42 14 14 37 3 1.244 9.7 1.5 3.9 2.64 1.5 52
1958 29 1 1 .500 6.26 23.0 29 18 16 3 9 16 0 1.652 11.3 3.5 6.3 1.78 1.2 12
6 Seasons 22 16 .579 3.70 365.0 396 168 150 25 111 161 7 1.389 9.8 4.0 1.45 0.6 204

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-NL-13-7%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

Wins s c a p y
1956 NL--14--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 NL--.737--2nd

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL--52--5th
1956 NL--64--2nd
1957 NL--52--7th

Saves s c a p y
1955 NL--11--3rd
1956 NL--18--2nd
1957 NL--8--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL--27--4th
1956 NL--47--1st
1957 NL--26--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (914), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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