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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 13	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
7	7	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
9	9	Apr 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	11	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	12	Apr 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
13	13	Apr 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
15	15	Apr 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	16	Apr 29	DET		OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	17	Apr 30	DET		OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
19	19	May 2	DET		MIN	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	20	May 3	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
21	21	May 4	DET		CAL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
22	22	May 5	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	23	May 6	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
24	24	May 7	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	25	May 8	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	26	May 10	DET	@	WSA	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
27	27	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
28	28	May 12	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	29	May 14	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
30	30	May 15	DET		BAL	L,8-10	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
31	31	May 17	DET		WSA	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	32	May 18	DET		WSA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
33	33	May 19 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	35 (1)	May 20	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
35	36	May 21	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	37	May 22	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	38	May 24	DET	@	OAK	T,2-2	CG	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	39	May 25	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	40	May 26	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS	45	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	C RF
40	41	May 27	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	14	0	1	15	0	C
41	42	May 28	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
42	43	May 29	DET	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	C
43	44	May 30	DET	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	45	May 31	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	47	Jun 2 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
47	48	Jun 2 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
48	49	Jun 3	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	50	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	54 (3)	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	4	1	0	5	1	PH C
51	55	Jun 8	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
52	56	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	58 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	59	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
55	60	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
56	61	Jun 14	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	54	14.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B C
57	62	Jun 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B C
58	63	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	1	4	1	C
59	64	Jun 16 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	65	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
61	66	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
62	67	Jun 20	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
63	68	Jun 21	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	49	12.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
64	69	Jun 22	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	70	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	71	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
67	72	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
68	73	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B C
69	74	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
70	75	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	76	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,0-12	GS	36	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	77	Jul 1	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	C
73	78	Jul 2	DET		CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
74	79	Jul 3	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
75	80	Jul 4	DET		CAL	W,13-10	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
76	81	Jul 5	DET		OAK	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
77	82	Jul 6	DET		OAK	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	83	Jul 7 (1)	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
79	84	Jul 7 (2)	DET		OAK	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
80	85	Jul 11	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	86	Jul 12	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
82	87	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	63	13.2	10	2	0	12	0	C
83	88	Jul 14	DET	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
84	89	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	90	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
86	91	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	92	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	93	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
90	95	Jul 21 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	96	Jul 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
92	97	Jul 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
93	98	Jul 24	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
94	99	Jul 25	DET	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	100	Jul 26	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
96	101	Jul 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	102	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
98	103	Jul 29	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
99	104	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	105	Jul 31	DET		WSA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	107 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	108	Aug 3	DET	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	109	Aug 4	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	110	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	61	17.0	15	1	1	17	1	C
105	111	Aug 6 susp	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
106	112	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
107	113	Aug 8	DET		CLE	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
108	114	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	115	Aug 10	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
110	116	Aug 11 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	57	14.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
111	118 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
112	119	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	120	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
114	121	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
115	122	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	50	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
116	123	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
117	124	Aug 20 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
118	126 (1)	Aug 21	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
119	127	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
120	128	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
121	129	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	NYY	T,3-3	GF	52	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	130	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	131	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B C
124	132	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	8.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
125	133	Aug 26	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	134	Aug 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
127	135	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
128	136	Aug 29	DET		CAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
129	137	Aug 30	DET		BAL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
130	138	Aug 31	DET		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	139	Sep 1	DET		BAL	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
132	140	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
133	141	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
134	142	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
135	143	Sep 4	DET	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
136	144	Sep 6	DET		MIN	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
137	145	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
138	146	Sep 8	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
139	147	Sep 9	DET	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
140	148	Sep 10	DET	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
141	149	Sep 11	DET	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
142	150	Sep 13	DET		OAK	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
143	151	Sep 14	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
144	152	Sep 15	DET		OAK	W,13-0	GS	22	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
145	153	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
146	154	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
147	157 (2)	Sep 21	DET	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
148	158	Sep 22	DET	@	WSA	L,0-6	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
149	159	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
150	160	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	26	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
151	161	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
152	162	Sep 27	DET		WSA	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
153	163	Sep 28	DET		WSA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
154	164	Sep 29	DET		WSA	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							160gm		1356.2	1133	83	7	1223	26