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Bill Freehan Bill Freehan
Full name: William Ashley Freehan
Born: November 29, 1941, Detroit, Michigan
First Game: September 26, 1961; Final Game: October 3, 1976
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 203
C on TSN AL All-Star Team (1967 to 1969 and 1971)
AL Gold Glove as C (1965 to 1969)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1961 DET A Daily Splits    4    10    1    4   0   0   0    4    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .455  .400   0.1 1961 DET A
1963 DET A Daily Splits  100   300   37   73  12   2   9   36   39   4   56   2   1   3   0   5   8    2   0  .243  .331  .387   0.6 1963 DET A
1964 DET A Daily Splits  144   520   69  156  14   8  18   80   36   3   68   8   1   7   0   6   8    5   1  .300  .350  .462   3.0 1964 DET A
1965 DET A Daily Splits  130   431   45  101  15   0  10   43   39   5   63   7   5   3   0  10  10    4   2  .234  .306  .339   0.1 1965 DET A
1966 DET A Daily Splits  136   492   47  115  22   0  12   46   40   9   72   3   7   2   0   9  11    5   2  .234  .294  .352  -0.2 1966 DET A
1967 DET A Daily Splits  155   517   66  146  23   1  20   74   73  15   71  20   3   5   0  14   9    1   2  .282  .389  .447   3.8 1967 DET A
1968 DET A Daily Splits  155   540   73  142  24   2  25   84   65   4   64  24   3   3   0   9   9    0   1  .263  .366  .454   5.2 1968 DET A
1969 DET A Daily Splits  143   489   61  128  16   3  16   49   53   6   55   8   2   3   0   6  12    1   2  .262  .342  .405   1.1 1969 DET A
1970 DET A Daily Splits  117   395   44   95  17   3  16   52   52   5   48   4   3   4   0   7  11    0   3  .241  .332  .420  -0.3 1970 DET A
1971 DET A Daily Splits  148   516   57  143  26   4  21   71   54   9   48   9   3   4   0   3  13    2   7  .277  .353  .465   1.2 1971 DET A
1972 DET A Daily Splits  111   374   51   98  18   2  10   56   48   0   51   6   1   1   0   7   7    0   1  .262  .354  .401   2.2 1972 DET A
1973 DET A Daily Splits  110   380   33   89  10   1   6   29   40   2   30  11   1   3   0   6  13    0   0  .234  .323  .313  -0.1 1973 DET A
1974 DET A Daily Splits  130   445   58  132  17   5  18   60   42   2   44   5   6   4   0   5  12    2   0  .297  .361  .479   1.1 1974 DET A
1975 DET A Daily Splits  120   427   42  105  17   3  14   47   32   3   56   6   1   2   0   3  11    2   0  .246  .306  .398  -0.1 1975 DET A
1976 DET A Daily Splits   71   237   22   64  10   1   5   27   12   0   27   1   1   4   0   4   4    0   0  .270  .303  .384   0.3 1976 DET A
Total            Splits 1774  6073  706 1591 241  35 200  758  626  67  753 114  38  48   0  94 138   24  21  .262  .340  .412  18.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1972 DET A Daily Splits    3    12    2    3   1   0   1    3    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .250  .583 1972 DET A
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1968 DET A Daily Splits    7    24    0    2   1   0   0    2    4   1    8   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .214  .125 1968 DET A
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1965 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1965 AL   
1966 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1966 AL   
1967 AL    Daily Splits    1     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1967 AL   
1968 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1968 AL   
1969 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    1    2   0   0   1    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 2.500 1969 AL   
1970 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1970 AL   
1971 AL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1971 AL   
1972 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500  .000 1972 AL   
Total            Splits    8    17    2    4   0   0   1    2    2   0    3   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .235  .316  .412 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1961 DET A Daily   C    3    3    3    22      14    4    0    0   0    0    0    2    0 1.000
1963 DET A Daily   C   72   61   59   568.2   407   22    2    5   0    5   11   14    0  .995
1963 DET A        1B   20   19   15   168.1   147   16    1   14   0                      .994
1964 DET A Daily   C  141  137  135  1222     923   61    7    7   0   10   26   23    3  .993
1964 DET A        1B    1    1    1     9       7    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1965 DET A Daily   C  130  120  116  1085.2   865   57    4    4   0   20   22   39    1  .996
1966 DET A Daily   C  132  130  128  1156.2   898   56    4   11   0    3   24   44    3  .996
1966 DET A        1B    5    5    3    46      44    4    0    3   0                     1.000
1967 DET A Daily   C  146  137  133  1223.1   950   63    8    9   0   16   33   59    3  .992
1967 DET A        1B   12   12    5    97      77    5    0    6   0                     1.000
1968 DET A Daily   C  138  129  122  1180.1   971   73    6   15   0    7   38   66    3  .994
1968 DET A        1B   21   21   16   172     162   10    1   11   0                      .994
1968 DET A        OF    1    0    0     4.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -     0    0    1 
1968 DET A        RF    1    0    0     4.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
1969 DET A Daily   C  118  113  111  1025.1   821   49    7    7   0    9   32   69    4  .992
1969 DET A        1B   22   21   15   163     138    7    3    7   1                      .980
1970 DET A Daily   C  114  110  109   984.1   742   42    2    6   0    8   36   41    1  .997
1971 DET A Daily   C  144  142  128  1265     912   50    4    6   0    7   36   67    0  .996
1971 DET A        LF    1    0    0     1.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
1971 DET A        OF    1    0    0     1.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1972 DET A Daily   C  104   99   96   882.1   648   57    8    9   0    7   34   57    2  .989
1972 DET A        1B    2    2    1    12       6    3    0    0   0                     1.000
1973 DET A Daily   C   98   94   87   831.2   584   50    3    3   0    3   42   57    1  .995
1973 DET A        1B    9    7    5    59      54    3    0    2   0                     1.000
1973 DET A        DH    3    2    2                                                          -
1974 DET A Daily  1B   65   64   61   572     590   36    4   49   0                      .994
1974 DET A         C   63   59   52   512.2   312   45    5    6   0    5   36   68    3  .986
1974 DET A        DH    1    1    1                                                          -
1975 DET A Daily   C  113  112  105   960.1   582   64    6    8   0    4   47   78    0  .991
1975 DET A        1B    5    5    5    43.1    53    2    0    4   0                     1.000
1976 DET A Daily   C   61   60   57   516.2   312   28    6    2   0    2   16   57    0  .983
1976 DET A        DH    3    2    1                                                          -
1976 DET A        1B    2    2    2    17      16    6    0    2   0                     1.000
Total              C 1577 1506 1441 13437    9941  721   72   98   0  106  433  741   24  .993
Total             1B  164  159  129  1358.2  1294   92    9   98   1                      .994
Total             DH    7    5    4                                                          -
Total             OF    2    0    0     5.2     0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    1 
Total             RF    1    0    0     4.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
Total             LF    1    0    0     1.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1972 DET A Daily   C    3    3    3    28      24    3    0    1   0    0    1    5    0 1.000
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1968 DET A Daily   C    7    7    7    62      45    6    2    2   0    0    5   11    0  .962
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1965 AL    Daily   C    1    0    0     4       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1966 AL    Daily   C    1    1    0     5       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1967 AL    Daily   C    1    1    1    15      13    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1968 AL    Daily   C    1    1    0     4       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1969 AL    Daily   C    1    1    0     6       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1970 AL    Daily   C    1    1    0     4       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1971 AL    Daily   C    1    1    0     7       6    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1972 AL    Daily   C    1    1    0     5       3    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              C    8    7    1    50      42    1    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1961).

Released by Detroit Tigers (December 12, 1976).


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