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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 22	DET	@	MIL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	6	Apr 23	DET	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	7	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	8	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	9	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,12-0	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	10	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
10	11	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	12	May 2	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	13	May 3	DET		KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	14	May 5	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	C
14	15	May 6	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	16	May 7	DET		TEX	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
16	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
17	19 (1)	May 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
18	20	May 14 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
19	21	May 14 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
20	22	May 15	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	23	May 16	DET		BAL	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	26 (2)	May 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
23	27	May 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
24	34 (6)	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	21	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
25	36 (1)	May 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	4	0	11	0	1B
26	37	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	39 (1)	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	43 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	DET		CAL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
29	45 (1)	Jun 9	DET		OAK	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	46	Jun 10	DET		OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	47	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	48	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
33	49	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	50	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	51	Jun 16	DET	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
36	52	Jun 17	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
37	53	Jun 18	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	54	Jun 19	DET	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	55	Jun 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
40	56	Jun 21	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	57	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	58	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	14	2	0	16	0	C
43	60 (1)	Jun 26	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
44	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
45	62	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	63	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
47	64	Jun 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	65	Jul 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	66	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	67	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,3-15	CG	50	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
51	68	Jul 4	DET	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	69	Jul 5	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	70	Jul 6	DET	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	71	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
56	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
57	75 (1)	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
58	76	Jul 11	DET		TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
59	78 (1)	Jul 13	DET		KCR	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	80 (1)	Jul 15	DET		KCR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	81	Jul 16	DET		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	83 (1)	Jul 18	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
63	84	Jul 19	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	85	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
65	87 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
66	88	Jul 23	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	90 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	91	Jul 28	DET	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	6	1	1	8	1	C
69	92	Jul 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
70	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	95 (1)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	96	Aug 1	DET		MIL	L,0-9	CG	34	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
73	98 (1)	Aug 3	DET		MIL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
74	99	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	101 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
76	102	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	103	Aug 8	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	105 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	107 (1)	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	110 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-9	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	111	Aug 15	DET		MIN	L,6-7	CG	58	13.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
82	113 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	DET		MIN	L,6-7	CG	50	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	114	Aug 18	DET		CAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	115	Aug 19	DET		CAL	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	116	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
86	117	Aug 21	DET		OAK	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	119 (1)	Aug 23	DET		OAK	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
88	120	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
89	121	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	4	0	1	5	0	PH C
90	122	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	123	Aug 29	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	126 (2)	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
93	127	Sep 2	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	44	11.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
94	128	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
97	131	Sep 6	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	132	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	133	Sep 8	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
100	134	Sep 9	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
101	135	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	138 (2)	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
103	139	Sep 15	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
104	140	Sep 16	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
105	143 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	145 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
							106gm		894.1	654	60	8	722	9