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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	4	Apr 11 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	7	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	8	Apr 15	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	9	Apr 16	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	10	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,10-9	GS	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 18	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	12	Apr 20	DET		BAL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	13	Apr 21	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	14	Apr 23	DET	@	OAK	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	9	2	1	12	1	C
14	16 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	OAK	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	17	Apr 26	DET	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	18	Apr 27	DET	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	19	Apr 28	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
18	20	Apr 30	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21	May 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	22	May 2	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	24 (1)	May 5	DET		OAK	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	25	May 7	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
23	26	May 8	DET		KCR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	27	May 9	DET		KCR	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	28	May 10	DET		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	29	May 11	DET		CAL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
27	32 (2)	May 15	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	54	14.2	10	1	0	11	1	C
28	33	May 16	DET	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	34	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	35	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	36	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,12-1	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	37	May 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
33	38	May 21	DET		WSA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	39	May 22	DET		WSA	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	40	May 23 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
36	42 (1)	May 25	DET		NYY	W,7-4	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	43	May 26	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	44	May 27	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	45	May 28	DET	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	46	May 29	DET	@	MIL	L,2-9	GS	25	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
41	47	May 30	DET	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	48	May 31	DET	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	49	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
44	50	Jun 2	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	51	Jun 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
46	52	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	53	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	54	Jun 8	DET		MIL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
49	55	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
50	56	Jun 10	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	57	Jun 11	DET		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	58	Jun 12	DET		MIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
53	59	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	60	Jun 14	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	61	Jun 15	DET		CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
56	62	Jun 16	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	63	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	64	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	65	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	66	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
61	67	Jun 20 susp	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
62	68	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	69	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	70	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
65	72 (1)	Jun 25	DET		CLE	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
66	74 (1)	Jun 27	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
67	75	Jun 28 susp	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	GS	44	12.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
68	77 (1)	Jun 30	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	78	Jul 1	DET		BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	79	Jul 2	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	80	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
72	81	Jul 4	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
73	82	Jul 6	DET		NYY	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	83	Jul 7	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	49	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	84	Jul 8	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	85	Jul 9	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
77	86	Jul 10	DET	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
78	87	Jul 11	DET	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
79	88	Jul 15	DET	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	89	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
81	90	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
82	91	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	92	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	93	Jul 19	DET	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	94	Jul 20	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	95	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	43	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	96	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	47	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	97	Jul 23	DET		OAK	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
89	98	Jul 24	DET		OAK	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	99	Jul 25 (1)	DET		OAK	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
91	100	Jul 25 (2)	DET		OAK	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
92	102 (1)	Jul 28	DET		KCR	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
93	103	Jul 29	DET		KCR	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
94	104	Jul 30	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	105	Jul 31	DET		CAL	L,2-3	CG	45	12.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	106	Aug 1	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	68	16.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
97	107	Aug 2	DET		WSA	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
98	108	Aug 3	DET		WSA	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
99	110 (1)	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
100	111	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
101	112	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	113	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
103	114	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	45	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	115	Aug 10	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
105	116	Aug 11	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
106	117	Aug 12	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	118	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
108	119	Aug 14	DET	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
109	120	Aug 15	DET	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	121	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
111	123 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
112	124	Aug 20	DET		MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
113	125	Aug 21	DET		MIL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
114	126	Aug 22	DET		MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
115	127	Aug 23	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
116	128	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
117	129	Aug 25	DET		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
118	130	Aug 27	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
119	131	Aug 28	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
120	132	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
121	133	Aug 31 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	135 (1)	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
123	136	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	137	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	140 (2)	Sep 6	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	141	Sep 7	DET	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
127	142	Sep 8	DET	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
128	143	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	144	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
130	145	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
131	146	Sep 12	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
132	147	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-9	GS	27	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
133	148	Sep 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
134	149	Sep 14	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
135	150	Sep 15	DET		WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
136	151	Sep 16	DET		WSA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
137	152	Sep 17 (1)	DET		BAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
138	153	Sep 17 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
139	154	Sep 18	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
140	155	Sep 19	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
141	156	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
142	157	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
143	158	Sep 24	DET		NYY	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
144	160 (1)	Sep 26	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
145	161	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							145gm		1266.1	912	50	4	966	6