Hersh Freeman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: July 1, 1928 in Gadsden, AL us

Died: January 17, 2004 in Orlando, FL

Buried: Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, Gadsden, AL

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 10, 1952 (Age 24-071d, 10,963rd in major league history)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 7, 1958 (Age 29-341d)
vs. PIT 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Hershell Baskin Freeman

Nicknames: Buster

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

3.74

204

359.0

158

WHIP

1.382

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-30

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 24

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	23	6	Apr 17(2)	BOS		BAL	W,12-9	6-6	BS(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.37	5	2	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.16	-0.124	6.42	-0.22%	-0.61	6t 123 0 out a2	6t 3 out d1
2	24	13	Apr 27	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-6	6-6		9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.97	1	0	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.026	1.33	0.05%	1.57	6b 123 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Cincinnati Redlegs
3	25	25	May 11	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	9-GF		13	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.74	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.05	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
4	26	28	May 15(2)	CIN		BRO	W,11-4	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.60	13	4	7	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	.23	0.047	.13	0.02%	2.45	7t 123 0 out a7	9t end a 7
5	27	31	May 20	CIN		STL	W,10-7	5-8	W(1-0)	4	3.1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.00	3.14	14	6	3	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.49	-0.094	1.10	-0.04%	0.06	5t 12- 2 out tie	8t 3 out d1
6	28	33	May 22(1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	3.37	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.078	1.37	0.04%	1.03	8t -23 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
7	29	34	May 22(2)	CIN		STL	L,2-5	9-GF		-1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	3.28	5	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.004	.16	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
8	30	36	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	W,5-4	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	3.16	7	2	3	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.271	3.75	0.16%	0.05	8b 123 1 out a3	9b end a 1
9	31	40	May 30(1)	CIN		MLN	L,6-7	8-8	L(1-1)	3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.98	3.32	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.74	-0.184	1.50	-0.10%	-0.47	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
10	32	41	May 30(2)	CIN		MLN	L,4-8	9-GF		-1	1.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.07	3.66	8	1	2	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	.36	-0.059	.26	-0.03%	-1.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	33	44	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	6-7		3	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.81	3.74	7	2	2	0	2	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	-0.091	.69	-0.03%	-0.36	6b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
12	34	46	Jun 5(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	7-7	BS(2)	1	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.31	3.90	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.383	.89	-0.09%	-2.25	7b 1-3 1 out a1	7b 12- 2 out d2
13	35	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.12	3.98	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
14	36	52	Jun 14	CIN		BRO	L,0-9	2-7		6	5.1	6	2	2	0	3	0	1	3.18	3.47	22	7	11	5	0	0		2	0	1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.018	.03	0.00%	1.12	2t 12- 2 out d7	7t 3 out d9
15	37	54	Jun 16	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	7-GF(10)	W(2-1)	1	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	3.43	12	8	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	0.549	.50	0.07%	2.55	7t 12- 1 out tie	10t end tie
16	38	62	Jun 24(1)	CIN		PHI	L,6-8	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	3.50	4	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.02	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
17	39	64	Jun 26(1)	CIN		PHI	W,16-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.46	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a11	9t end a11
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	40	69	Jul 2	CIN		MLN	W,10-5	8-GF	S(4)	5	1.2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.40	3.20	9	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.013	.05	0.00%	0.82	8t --- 1 out a5	9t end a 5
19	41	73	Jul 5	CIN		STL	W,5-4	9-9		2	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.70	3.30	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-0.198	.41	-0.02%	-1.01	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 0 out tie
20	42	75	Jul 7	CIN		STL	L,8-9	7-7		1	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.90	3.72	6	0	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.035	.04	0.00%	-0.47	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
21	43	77	Jul 8(2)	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.65	3.43	11	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.042	.01	0.00%	1.46	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
22	44	78	Jul 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	7-7		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.60	3.49	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.20	0.016	.01	0.00%	1.39	7b -23 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
23	45	80	Jul 10(2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,7-6	8-9	W(3-1)	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.72	3.39	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	0.053	.03	0.00%	-0.34	8b --- 0 out tie	9b -2- 2 out a1
24	46	82	Jul 15	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	7-GF	S(5)	4	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.54	3.39	10	5	3	0	1	1		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.58	0.115	.03	0.00%	1.57	7b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 8
25	47	83	Jul 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	7-GF	L(3-2)	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.66	3.67	7	3	4	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.204	.16	-0.01%	1.13	7b 123 1 out d1	9b end d 1
26	48	88	Jul 19(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-6	7-8		2	1.2	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.19	3.55	12	2	0	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.077	.01	0.00%	-2.50	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 2 out d4
27	49	92	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-6	11-12		2	2.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.05	3.65	9	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.96	0.280	.00	0.00%	1.03	11b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
28	50	95	Jul 24(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.63	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b 1-- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
29	51	96	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	6-8		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	3.51	9	2	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.110	.00	0.00%	1.60	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
30	52	97	Jul 27	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	9-9		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.49	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
31	53	101	Jul 31(1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-4	8-GF	S(6)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	3.41	7	2	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.46	8t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
32	54	102	Jul 31(2)	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	8-GF	W(4-2)	-1	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.55	3.42	9	2	4	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	55	103	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	3.42	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.91	0.167	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
34	56	106	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	L,4-8	6-6		1	0.0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.53	3.47	5	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.09	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-4.06	6t 1-- 1 out tie	6t 123 1 out d3
35	57	108	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	6-7		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.40	6	2	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.019	.00	0.00%	1.48	6t 12- 1 out d7	7t 3 out d4
36	58	110	Aug 7(1)	CIN		NYG	W,8-5	7-9	H(1)	1	1.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.70	3.30	9	0	3	0	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.008	.00	0.00%	-2.13	7t 1-- 2 out a2	9t -23 1 out a3
37	59	112	Aug 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	3.34	4	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.51	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
38	60	113	Aug 10(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	6-GF	S(8)	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	3.28	11	2	8	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.198	.00	0.00%	2.44	6b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 5
39	61	115	Aug 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	6-9	BS(3)	0	4.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	3.19	16	3	9	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.62	0.042	.00	0.00%	1.03	6b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
40	62	118	Aug 14	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	8-9		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.27	3.18	8	2	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.00	0.245	.00	0.00%	1.00	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
41	63	125	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	8-GF(8)	L(4-3)	8	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.37	3.11	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.85	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
42	64	127	Aug 25(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-5	9-GF	S(9)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	3.11	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.24	9b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
43	65	128	Aug 25(2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	7-8	BW(5-3)	-1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.29	3.10	9	4	3	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.69	7b -2- 0 out a1	8b 3 out tie
44	66	129	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	7-GF	S(10)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.20	3.05	8	4	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.343	.00	0.00%	1.98	7b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
45	67	131	Aug 28(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.17	3.05	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
46	68	133	Aug 29	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	8-GF	W(6-3)	0	2.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.11	3.10	9	1	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	0.306	.00	0.00%	1.00	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
47	69	136	Aug 31	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.29	3.22	8	1	2	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.97	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
48	70	139	Sep 3	CIN	@	MLN	L,5-6	7-9	L(6-4)	2	2.1	3	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.33	3.18	13	6	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	2.21	-0.570	.00	0.00%	-1.44	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
49	71	141	Sep 5	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	3.16	6	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
50	72	143	Sep 8	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	3.14	6	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.045	.00	0.00%	1.07	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d2
51	73	145	Sep 10	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	8-GF	W(7-4)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	3.11	4	2	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.248	.00	0.00%	0.87	8t -2- 2 out tie	9t end a 1
52	74	147	Sep 11(2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	6-GF	S(11)	0	4.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.19	3.08	18	5	8	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.58	0.295	.00	0.00%	1.13	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
53	75	148	Sep 13	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	3.05	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.37	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
54	76	149	Sep 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	6-7		3	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	3.01	9	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.02	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
							24-30		W-L:7-4,Sv:11,BSv:4,Hld:1	1.7	93.1	95	31	22	31	39	3	2	2.12	3.01	394	0.98		11%	8%	71		46	26%	2	1	0	347	14	3	7	13	4	5	1.22	1.386	.30	-0.19%	21.51

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