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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 17	DET		LAA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 18	DET		LAA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	8 (4)	Apr 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	9	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 28	DET	@	KCA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
7	12	Apr 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	13	Apr 30	DET	@	KCA	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	15	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	47	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	16	May 5	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	C
12	17	May 6	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	18	May 7	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
14	19	May 8	DET		BAL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
15	20	May 9	DET		BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
16	21	May 10 (1)	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	C
17	23 (1)	May 12	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	24	May 13	DET		NYY	T,1-1	CG	25	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
19	25	May 14	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	26	May 15	DET		CLE	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
21	27	May 16	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
22	28	May 17 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	30 (1)	May 18	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	31	May 19	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	32	May 20	DET	@	WSA	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
26	33	May 21	DET	@	WSA	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
27	34	May 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	35	May 23	DET	@	CLE	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	36	May 24	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	37	May 25	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	38	May 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	39	May 27	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
33	40	May 29	DET		CHW	L,1-4	GS	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	43 (2)	May 31 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	44	Jun 3	DET		WSA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
36	45	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	46	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	47	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
39	49 (1)	Jun 8	DET		MIN	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
40	50	Jun 9	DET		MIN	W,16-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
41	52 (1)	Jun 11	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
42	53	Jun 13	DET		LAA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	54	Jun 14 (1)	DET		LAA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	56 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	DET		KCA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
45	57	Jun 16 (2)	DET		KCA	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
46	58	Jun 17	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
47	59	Jun 18	DET		KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	60	Jun 19	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	61	Jun 20	DET	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
50	62	Jun 21	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	63	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	65 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	66	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	47	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	67	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
55	68	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	69	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
57	70	Jun 29	DET	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
58	71	Jun 30	DET	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	5	1	0	6	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	72	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	73	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	74	Jul 3 (1)	DET		WSA	L,1-3	CG	46	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	76 (1)	Jul 4	DET		WSA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
63	77	Jul 5 (1)	DET		WSA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
64	78	Jul 5 (2)	DET		WSA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
65	79	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	82 (1)	Jul 11	DET		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	83	Jul 12 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
69	85 (1)	Jul 13	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
70	86	Jul 14	DET	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	87	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	89 (1)	Jul 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	90	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	92 (1)	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	93	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
76	94	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	95	Jul 22	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	96	Jul 23	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	97	Jul 24 (1)	DET		NYY	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	98	Jul 24 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	100 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
82	101	Jul 26 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	102	Jul 28	DET		CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	103	Jul 29	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	104	Jul 30	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
86	105	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	106	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	107	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
89	108	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
90	109	Aug 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	46	10.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
91	110	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	111	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	53	13.0	13	2	0	15	0	C
93	113 (1)	Aug 7	DET		KCA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	114	Aug 8	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	115	Aug 9 (1)	DET		KCA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	116	Aug 9 (2)	DET		KCA	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	117	Aug 11	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
98	118	Aug 12	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
99	119	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
100	120	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
101	121	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	122	Aug 16	DET	@	KCA	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	123	Aug 18 (1)	DET		LAA	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
104	124	Aug 18 (2)	DET		LAA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
105	125	Aug 19	DET		LAA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
106	126	Aug 20	DET		LAA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
107	127	Aug 21	DET		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	128	Aug 23 (1)	DET		MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
109	129	Aug 23 (2)	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
110	130	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
111	131	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	132	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	133	Aug 28 (1)	DET	@	LAA	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	134	Aug 28 (2)	DET	@	LAA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	135	Aug 29	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
116	136	Aug 30	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	137	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
118	138	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
119	139	Sep 4	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
120	140	Sep 5	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
121	141	Sep 6	DET	@	WSA	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
122	142	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
123	143	Sep 9	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
124	144	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
125	145	Sep 11	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
126	146	Sep 12	DET		WSA	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	9	2	0	11	2	C
127	147	Sep 13	DET		WSA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
128	148	Sep 15	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
129	149	Sep 16	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
130	150	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
131	151	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
132	152	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
133	153	Sep 22	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
134	154	Sep 23	DET		BAL	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
135	155	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
136	156	Sep 26	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
137	157	Sep 27	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
138	158	Sep 30 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
139	159	Sep 30 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
140	160	Oct 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
141	161	Oct 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
142	162	Oct 2	DET	@	BAL	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							142gm		1231.0	930	61	7	998	7