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Bill Freehan Gold Glove 1965, 66, 67, 68, 69 All-Star 1965, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,
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| Full Name: William Ashley Freehan Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'2" Weight: 205 lbs. Born: Nov 29, 1941 in Detroit, MI College: University of Michigan Major League Debut: Sep 26, 1961 |
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| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 |
Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
.400 .243 .300 .234 .234 .282 .263 .262 .241 .277 .262 .234 .297 .246 .270 |
4 100 144 130 136 155 155 143 117 148 111 110 130 120 71 |
10 300 520 431 492 517 540 489 395 516 374 380 445 427 237 |
1 37 69 45 47 66 73 61 44 57 51 33 58 42 22 |
4 73 156 101 115 146 142 128 95 143 98 89 132 105 64 |
0 12 14 15 22 23 24 16 17 26 18 10 17 17 10 |
0 2 8 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 2 1 5 3 1 |
0 9 18 10 12 20 25 16 16 21 10 6 18 14 5 |
4 36 80 43 46 74 84 49 52 71 56 29 60 47 27 |
1 39 36 39 40 73 65 53 52 54 48 40 42 32 12 |
0 56 68 63 72 71 64 55 48 48 51 30 44 56 27 |
.455 .331 .350 .306 .294 .389 .366 .342 .332 .353 .354 .323 .361 .306 .303 |
.400 .387 .462 .339 .352 .447 .454 .405 .420 .465 .401 .313 .479 .398 .384 |
| Totals | AVG .262 |
G 1774 |
AB 6073 |
R 706 |
H 1591 |
2B 241 |
3B 35 |
HR 200 |
RBI 758 |
BB 626 |
K 753 |
OBP .340 |
SLG .412 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 |
Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
0 2 8 7 3 20 24 8 4 9 6 11 5 6 1 |
0 8 8 10 11 9 9 12 11 13 7 13 12 11 4 |
4 116 240 146 173 231 245 198 166 240 150 119 213 170 91 |
0 4 3 5 9 15 4 6 5 9 0 2 2 3 0 |
0 1 1 5 7 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 6 1 1 |
0 3 7 3 2 5 3 3 4 4 1 3 4 2 4 |
0 2 5 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 |
0 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 |
-.--- 1.000 .833 .667 .714 .333 .000 .333 .000 .222 .000 -.--- 1.000 1.000 -.--- |
--.- 33.3 28.9 43.1 41.0 25.9 21.6 30.6 24.7 24.6 37.4 63.3 24.7 30.5 47.4 |
--.- 5.4 7.6 6.8 6.8 7.3 8.4 8.9 8.2 10.8 7.3 12.7 10.1 7.6 8.8 |
| Totals | HBP 114 |
GDP 138 |
TB 2502 |
IBB 67 |
SH 38 |
SF 48 |
SB 24 |
CS 21 |
SB% .533 |
AB/HR 30.4 |
AB/K 8.1 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1961 1963 1963 1964 1964 1965 1966 1966 1967 1967 1968 1968 1968 1969 1969 1970 1971 1971 1972 1972 1973 1973 1974 1974 1975 1975 1976 1976 |
Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
C 1B C 1B C C 1B C 1B C OF 1B C 1B C C OF C 1B C 1B C C 1B 1B C 1B C |
3 19 73 1 141 129 5 132 11 147 1 21 138 20 120 114 1 144 1 105 7 98 63 65 5 113 2 61 |
18 164 431 7 991 926 48 958 82 1021 0 173 1050 148 877 786 0 966 9 713 57 637 362 630 55 652 22 346 |
14 147 407 7 923 865 44 898 77 950 0 162 971 138 821 742 0 912 6 648 54 584 312 590 53 582 16 312 |
4 16 22 0 61 57 4 56 5 63 0 10 73 7 49 42 0 50 3 57 3 50 45 36 2 64 6 28 |
0 1 2 0 7 4 0 4 0 8 0 1 6 3 7 2 0 4 0 8 0 3 5 4 0 6 0 6 |
0 14 5 0 7 4 3 11 6 9 0 11 15 7 7 6 0 6 0 9 2 3 6 49 4 8 2 2 |
1.000 0.994 0.995 1.000 0.993 0.996 1.000 0.996 1.000 0.992 -.--- 0.994 0.994 0.980 0.992 0.997 -.--- 0.996 1.000 0.989 1.000 0.995 0.986 0.994 1.000 0.991 1.000 0.983 |
| Totals | G 1740 |
Ch 12129 |
PO 11235 |
A 813 |
E 81 |
DP 196 |
FPCT 0.993 |
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| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 |
TM Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det Det |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
G 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 |
AB 0 1 2 5 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 |
R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 |
H 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
HR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
RBI 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
TB 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 |
BB 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 |
K 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
BAVG -.--- 1.000 .500 .000 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 -.--- -.--- |
SLG -.--- 1.000 .500 .000 .000 2.500 .000 .000 .000 -.--- -.--- |
AB/HR --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- 2.0 --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K --.- --.- --.- 2.5 2.0 --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
| Totals | G 8 |
AB 17 |
R 2 |
H 4 |
2B 0 |
3B 0 |
HR 1 |
RBI 2 |
TB 7 |
BB 3 |
K 3 |
SB 0 |
AVG .235 |
SLG .412 |
AB/HR 17.0 |
AB/K 5.7 |
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LCS STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
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| YR 1972 |
TM Det |
LG AL |
G 3 |
AB 12 |
R 2 |
H 3 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 1 |
RBI 3 |
TB 7 |
BB 0 |
K 1 |
SB 0 |
BAVG .250 |
SLG .583 |
AB/HR 12.0 |
AB/K 12.0 |
| Totals | G 3 |
AB 12 |
R 2 |
H 3 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 1 |
RBI 3 |
TB 7 |
BB 0 |
K 1 |
SB 0 |
AVG .250 |
SLG .583 |
AB/HR 12.0 |
AB/K 12.0 |
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WORLD SERIES STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1968 |
TM Det |
LG AL |
G 7 |
AB 24 |
R 0 |
H 2 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 2 |
TB 3 |
BB 4 |
K 8 |
SB 0 |
BAVG .083 |
SLG .125 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 3.0 |
| Totals | G 7 |
AB 24 |
R 0 |
H 2 |
2B 1 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 2 |
TB 3 |
BB 4 |
K 8 |
SB 0 |
AVG .083 |
SLG .125 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 3.0 |
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[Biographical information by Clarke Carmody, The Ballplayers at Idealog.com]
The Tigers signed Freehan, a University of Michigan baseball and football star, for
a $100,000 bonus in 1961. Two years later the Detroit native became their regular
catcher and held the position for 14 seasons.
Freehan showed signs of becoming the league's top catcher in 1964, his first and only season as a .300 hitter, and his first as an All-Star. That began a streak of ten straight years representing the AL, seven of those as a starter. After two seasons of hitting .234, the righthanded hitter matured in 1967, finishing third in MVP voting after leading the Tigers to within one game of the AL title. In 1968 the quiet leader reached career highs with 25 HR and 84 RBI, capping off the season by catching Tim McCarver's foul pop for the final out in Game Seven of the World Series triumph in St. Louis. A batter who crowded the plate, he was hit by pitches 24 times that year - then a league record - including three HBP in one game on August 16.
Freehan never matched his 1968 offensive stats, though he had a three home run game in Boston in August 1971. Freehan was outstanding behind the plate. The five-time Gold Glove recipient tied a record with 19 putouts in a 1965 contest. In 1968 he set an AL record for most putouts and chances in a year. When he retired, Freehan held the ML career marks for most chances, most putouts, and highest fielding average for a catcher. He is among the Detroit top ten in six offensive categories. His 200 homeruns were split evenly with 100 at home and 100 on the road. He wrote Behind the Mask, a diary of the 1969 season. Bill was involved in only one Triple Play in his career and that came on 7/15/1969 against the Washington Senators. He was playing first base during the game (one of twenty times that year he rested his knees).
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