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Bill Freehan

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1961-1976 (1961-1976)

Proper Name

William Ashley Freehan

Positions

C (1580) ... 1B (160) ... DH (7) ... OF (2)

Height / Weight

6-2 / 205

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

November 29,1941

Death Date

August 19,2021 Age: 79.263

Place

Detroit, Michigan

High School

Bishop Barry (St. Petersburg,FL)

Colleges

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor,MI)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1961-Detroit Tigers

Signing Bonus

$ 125,000

MLB Debut

September 26,1961

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

freeb103

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Grandfather of Blaise Salter [1968] World Series Champion with Detroit Tigers [1978] Inducted into the University of Michigan Hall of Honor

Batting Statistics

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Yearly Summary

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1961	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	19	19	C		4	10	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	0	4	.400	.455	.400	.855	.100	.000	.400	9.09	0.00	0.00	0.00
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	21	C	106	100	300	37	73	12	2	9	36	2	0	39	56	2	1	3	4	8	116	345	23	50	.243	.331	.387	.718	.280	.144	.269	11.30	16.23	1.44	33.33
1964	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	22	C	117	144	520	69	156	14	8	18	80	5	1	36	68	8	1	7	3	8	240	572	40	116	.300	.350	.462	.812	.238	.162	.313	6.29	11.89	1.89	28.89
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	23	C	96	130	431	45	101	15	0	10	43	4	2	39	63	7	5	3	5	10	146	485	25	76	.234	.306	.339	.645	.200	.105	.252	8.04	12.99	1.62	43.10
1966	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	24	C	94	136	492	47	115	22	0	12	46	5	2	40	72	3	7	2	9	11	173	544	34	81	.234	.294	.352	.646	.205	.118	.251	7.35	13.24	1.80	41.00
1967	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	25	C	124	155	517	66	146	23	1	20	74	1	2	73	71	20	3	5	15	9	231	618	44	102	.282	.389	.447	.836	.304	.165	.292	11.81	11.49	0.97	25.85
1968	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	26	C	128	155	540	73	142	24	2	25	84	0	1	65	64	24	3	3	4	9	245	635	51	91	.263	.366	.454	.820	.309	.191	.258	10.24	10.08	0.98	21.60
1969	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	27	C	108	143	489	61	128	16	3	16	49	1	2	53	55	8	2	3	6	12	198	555	35	93	.262	.342	.405	.747	.249	.143	.266	9.55	9.91	1.04	30.56
1970	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	28	C	104	117	395	44	95	17	3	16	52	0	3	52	48	4	3	4	5	11	166	458	36	59	.241	.332	.420	.752	.304	.179	.236	11.35	10.48	0.92	24.69
1971	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	29	C	116	148	516	57	143	26	4	21	71	2	7	54	48	9	3	4	9	13	240	586	51	92	.277	.353	.465	.818	.283	.188	.271	9.22	8.19	0.89	24.57
1972	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	30	C	115	111	374	51	98	18	2	10	56	0	1	48	51	6	1	1	0	7	150	430	30	68	.262	.354	.401	.755	.265	.139	.280	11.16	11.86	1.06	37.40
1973	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	31	C	94	110	380	33	89	10	1	6	29	0	0	40	30	11	1	3	2	13	119	435	17	72	.234	.323	.313	.636	.184	.079	.239	9.20	6.90	0.75	63.33
1974	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	32	1B-C	120	130	445	58	132	17	5	18	60	2	0	42	44	5	6	4	2	12	213	502	40	92	.297	.361	.479	.840	.281	.182	.295	8.37	8.76	1.05	24.72
1975	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	33	C	100	120	427	42	105	17	3	14	47	2	0	32	56	6	1	2	3	11	170	468	34	71	.246	.306	.398	.704	.232	.152	.253	6.84	11.97	1.75	30.50
1976	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	11	34	C	100	71	237	22	64	10	1	5	27	0	0	12	27	1	1	4	0	4	91	255	16	48	.270	.303	.384	.687	.165	.114	.282	4.71	10.59	2.25	47.40
Tot:	MLB (15 yrs)		MLB						1774	6073	706	1591	241	35	200	758	24	21	626	753	114	38	48	67	138	2502	6899	476	1115	.262	.340	.412	.752	.254	.150	.269	9.07	10.91	1.20	30.37
Tot:	AL (15 yrs)		AL						1774	6073	706	1591	241	35	200	758	24	21	626	753	114	38	48	67	138	2502	6899	476	1115	.262	.340	.412	.752	.254	.150	.269	9.07	10.91	1.20	30.37
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1965	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1.000	.000	1.000	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1966	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	24	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	.000	.500	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1967	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
1968	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
1968	Detroit Tigers	World Series	Playoffs	26	7	24	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	28	1	1	.083	.214	.125	.339	.208	.042	.125	14.29	28.57	2.00	0.00
1969	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	27	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	1.500	1.500	1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00
1970	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1971	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	29	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1972	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	1.000	.000	.000	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1972	Detroit Tigers	Championship Series	Playoffs	30	3	12	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	2	1	.250	.250	.583	.833	.333	.333	.200	0.00	8.33	0.00	8.33
Tot:	AllStar (8 Yrs)		AllStar		8	17	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	7	20	1	3	.235	.316	.412	.728	.294	.176	.231	10.00	15.00	1.50	17.00
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		10	36	2	5	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	10	40	3	2	.139	.225	.278	.503	.250	.139	.154	10.00	22.50	2.25	36.00

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