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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	3	Apr 11	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	48	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	4	Apr 12	DET		BAL	L,0-1	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	5	Apr 13	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
5	6	Apr 14	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	7	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	8	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	9	Apr 17	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	10	Apr 18	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	11	Apr 19	DET	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	12	Apr 20	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	4	3	0	7	0	C
12	13	Apr 21	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	14	Apr 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	15	Apr 24	DET	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	16	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	17	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	18	Apr 27	DET		KCR	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
18	19	Apr 28	DET		KCR	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22 (2)	May 2	DET		CAL	L,3-5	CG	46	12.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
20	24 (1)	May 5	DET		TEX	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
21	26 (1)	May 8	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
22	28 (1)	May 10	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
23	29	May 11	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	30	May 12	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
25	31	May 13	DET		MIL	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
26	32	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
27	34 (1)	May 17	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
28	35	May 18	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	36	May 19	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
30	37	May 20 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	38	May 20 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
32	40 (1)	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
33	43 (2)	May 26	DET		OAK	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	46 (2)	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	47	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	49 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
37	52 (2)	Jun 7	DET	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	53	Jun 8	DET	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	54	Jun 9	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	56 (1)	Jun 12	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	58 (1)	Jun 15	DET		MIN	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	60 (1)	Jun 17	DET		MIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
43	61	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	62	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
45	63	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C 1B
46	65 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C 1B
47	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
48	68 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	69	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	72 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	DET		MIL	W,5-4	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	80 (7)	Jul 4	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
52	81	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
53	83 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	84	Jul 8	DET	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
55	86 (1)	Jul 10	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
56	89 (2)	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	90	Jul 14	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	92 (1)	Jul 16	DET		KCR	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
59	93	Jul 17	DET		KCR	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
60	95 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	96	Jul 21	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	99 (2)	Jul 27	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	100	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
64	101	Jul 29	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
65	103 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	105 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	107 (1)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	108	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	58	14.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
69	111 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	DET		OAK	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	112	Aug 7 (2)	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	113	Aug 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
72	114	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
73	116 (1)	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
74	117	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	118	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	119	Aug 14	DET	@	MIN	L,1-12	GS	33	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	120	Aug 15	DET	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	121	Aug 17	DET	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	122	Aug 18	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	123	Aug 19	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
81	124	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	125	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	127 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	129 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
85	130	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
86	135 (4)	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	136	Sep 1	DET		CLE	L,4-5	GF	18	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH C
88	137	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	138	Sep 3	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	142 (3)	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	143	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	144	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	146 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
94	148 (1)	Sep 15	DET		MIL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	149	Sep 16	DET		MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
96	150	Sep 18	DET		BAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	151	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
98	152	Sep 20	DET		BAL	L,0-9	GS	41	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
99	153	Sep 21	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	154	Sep 22	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
101	155	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	157 (1)	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
103	158	Sep 26	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
104	159	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
105	160	Sep 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
							105gm		890.2	638	53	3	694	5