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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 12	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 14	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
5	5	Apr 16 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 18	DET		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	8	Apr 20	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
8	9	Apr 21	DET		MIN	W,12-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	10	Apr 22	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	11	Apr 23	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	12	Apr 25	DET		KCA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	13	Apr 28	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
13	14	Apr 29	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	15	Apr 30 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	16	Apr 30 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	18	May 5	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	19	May 6	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
19	20	May 7	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	21	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
21	22	May 10	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
22	23	May 12	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	24	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
24	25	May 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
25	26	May 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,9-13	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	27	May 16	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	28	May 17	DET	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
28	29	May 19	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	30	May 20	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
30	31	May 21 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	32	May 21 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	33	May 23	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	34	May 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
34	35	May 25	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
35	36	May 26	DET		WSA	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	37	May 27	DET		WSA	L,1-8	GS	35	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	38	May 28	DET		WSA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
38	39	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	40	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B C
40	41	May 31	DET		CLE	L,0-9	GS	36	7.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
42	43	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	44	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	45	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	46	Jun 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,11-7	GF	20	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
46	47	Jun 5	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
47	49 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	50	Jun 7	DET	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	51	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	52	Jun 10	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B C
51	53	Jun 11	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
52	54	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
53	55	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	W,15-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	56	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	57	Jun 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	58	Jun 17 (1)	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
57	59	Jun 17 (2)	DET		KCA	L,5-6	GS	84	19.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B C
58	61 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	DET		CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
59	62	Jun 19 (2)	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
60	63	Jun 20	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	64	Jun 21	DET		MIN	T,5-5	GS	38	8.1	9	2	0	11	0	1B C
62	65	Jun 22	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	67	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	68	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	69	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
67	70	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
68	71	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
69	72	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	73	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
71	74	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	75	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	76	Jul 4	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
74	77	Jul 5	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	78	Jul 7	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
76	79	Jul 8	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	80	Jul 9 (1)	DET		BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
78	82 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	WSA	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	84 (1)	Jul 14	DET	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
80	85	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	87 (1)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
82	88	Jul 18	DET		WSA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	89	Jul 19	DET		WSA	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	90	Jul 20	DET		WSA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	91	Jul 21	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
86	92	Jul 22	DET		NYY	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
87	93	Jul 23 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
88	95 (1)	Jul 27	DET	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	96	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	97	Jul 29	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
91	98	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
92	99	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	GF	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	100	Aug 1	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
94	101	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	103 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
96	104	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,5-11	GS	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B C
97	105	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
98	106	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	107	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	C
100	108	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
101	109	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
102	110	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	111	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
104	113 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
105	114	Aug 12	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	117 (2)	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
107	118	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	42	10.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
108	119	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	17	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	120	Aug 19	DET		CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
110	121	Aug 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
111	122	Aug 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
112	123	Aug 22 (1)	DET		MIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	124	Aug 22 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GS	43	11.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B C
114	125	Aug 23 (1)	DET		MIN	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
115	126	Aug 23 (2)	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
116	127	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	128	Aug 25	DET	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	129	Aug 26	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
119	130	Aug 27	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	131	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
121	132	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
122	133	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
123	134	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	135	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
125	136	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
126	137	Sep 3	DET	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
127	138	Sep 4 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
128	139	Sep 4 (2)	DET		KCA	L,2-4	GS	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B C
129	140	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
130	141	Sep 6 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
131	142	Sep 6 (2)	DET		KCA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
132	143	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
133	144	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
134	145	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
135	147 (1)	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
136	148	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
137	149	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
138	150	Sep 16	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
139	151	Sep 17	DET		WSA	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
140	152	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
141	153	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
142	154	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
143	155	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
144	156	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
145	157	Sep 24	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
146	158	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
147	159	Sep 26	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	GS	19	5.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
148	160	Sep 30 (1)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
149	161	Sep 30 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
150	162	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
151	163	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CAL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
							158gm		1320.1	1027	68	8	1103	15