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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET		BAL	L,0-10	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
3	3	Apr 12	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 13 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	6	Apr 18	DET		NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	7	Apr 19	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	8	Apr 20	DET		NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	9	Apr 22	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	10	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 25	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	12	Apr 26	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	13	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	14	Apr 28	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	15	Apr 29	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	16	Apr 30	DET	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 1	DET	@	MIL	L,3-17	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	18	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	48	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	19	May 6	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	20	May 7	DET		MIL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	21	May 8	DET		MIL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
21	22	May 9	DET		TEX	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	23	May 10	DET		TEX	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
23	24	May 11	DET		TEX	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
24	25	May 12	DET		KCR	W,5-0	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	26	May 13	DET		KCR	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
26	27	May 14	DET		KCR	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	28	May 16	DET	@	TEX	L,3-10	GS	30	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
28	29	May 17	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
29	31 (1)	May 19	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	32	May 20	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	33	May 21	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	34	May 23	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,8-10	GS	26	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	36	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	38 (1)	May 27	DET		MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	39	May 28	DET		MIN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	43 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
39	44	Jun 4	DET	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	46 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	OAK	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	47	Jun 7	DET	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
42	48	Jun 8	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	GS	31	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
43	62 (13)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
44	65 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
45	66	Jun 25	DET	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	67	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	68	Jun 27	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	69	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	71 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73 (1)	Jul 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	74	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,5-13	CG	52	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
52	75	Jul 3	DET		BAL	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
53	76	Jul 4	DET		MIL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	77	Jul 5	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	78	Jul 6 (1)	DET		MIL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
56	80 (1)	Jul 7	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
57	81	Jul 8	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
58	82	Jul 9	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	83	Jul 10	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
60	84	Jul 11	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	85	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	86	Jul 13	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
63	87	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	89 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	90	Jul 19	DET		KCR	W,10-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
66	91	Jul 20	DET		KCR	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	92	Jul 21	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	93	Jul 22 (1)	DET		OAK	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	95 (1)	Jul 23	DET		OAK	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
70	96	Jul 24	DET		OAK	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
71	97	Jul 25	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
72	98	Jul 26	DET		CLE	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	99	Jul 27 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	101 (1)	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
75	102	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
76	103	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
77	104	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	13	0	0	13	2	1B
78	105	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	106	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	107	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	109 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	110	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
83	111	Aug 6 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
84	113 (1)	Aug 7	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
85	115 (1)	Aug 9	DET		MIN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
86	116	Aug 10	DET		MIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
87	117	Aug 11	DET		TEX	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	118	Aug 12	DET		TEX	L,3-4	GS	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
89	119	Aug 13	DET		TEX	L,5-6	CG	47	11.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
90	120	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	121	Aug 16	DET	@	CAL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
92	122	Aug 17	DET	@	CAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	123	Aug 18	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	124	Aug 19	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
95	125	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	126	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	128 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
98	129	Aug 25	DET	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	130	Aug 26	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	50	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	131	Aug 27	DET	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	132	Aug 29	DET		CAL	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	134 (1)	Sep 1	DET		MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
103	136 (1)	Sep 3	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	137	Sep 4	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	138	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	141 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
107	142	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
108	143	Sep 9	DET	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
109	144	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
110	145	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
111	146	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
112	147	Sep 12	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
113	149 (1)	Sep 14	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
114	150	Sep 16	DET		CLE	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
115	153 (2)	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
116	155 (1)	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
117	156	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	158 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
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