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Bill Freehan
William Ashley Freehan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut September 26, 1961
Final Game October 3, 1976
Born November 29, 1941 in Detroit, MI
Died August 19, 2021 (age 79)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 21 DEA AL  121  328   36   80   9   5  12   51   1   1   32   70  .244  .314  .412  .726   103   135   0   5   0   4  18  
 1964 22 DEA AL  157  558   71  158  11  10  20   87   6   0   41   85  .283  .339  .446  .786   112   249   1   5  11   9  12  
 1965 23 DEA AL  151  478   44  116  29   0   8   50   1   2   30   84  .243  .298  .354  .651    93   169   2   6   3  10  10  
 1966 24 DEA AL  152  510   51  120  24   1  10   50   7   1   35   78  .235  .282  .345  .627    90   176   7   5   1   0  15  
 1967 25 DEA AL  156  567   73  161  15   0  26   79   2   2   72   81  .284  .387  .448  .835   126   254   6   2   2  25  12  MVP-8
 1968 26 DEA AL  158  561   69  140  19   3  22   64   0   0   56   67  .250  .339  .412  .750   116   231   1   3   2  21  19  MVP-14
 1969 27 DEA AL  144  509   57  118  15   3  13   39   0   4   42   68  .232  .299  .350  .649    90   178   1   2   1   8  16  
 1970 28 DEA AL  131  427   38  100  19   3  17   52   0   0   36   58  .234  .294  .412  .706    98   176   1   5   1   2  12  
 1971 29 DEA AL  152  539   63  138  19   6  21   96   0   0   47   56  .256  .323  .430  .753   107   232   1   4   2   8  17  
 1972 30 DEA AL  135  414   36  114  16   5  14   71   0   1   41   65  .275  .353  .440  .793   117   182   0   2   3  10  10  
 1973 31 DEA AL  103  264   22   60   8   0   5   25   0   0   29   28  .227  .324  .314  .638    86    83   2   3   1  10   7  
 1974 32 DEA AL  136  475   58  125  15   5  13   54   0   0   46   49  .263  .328  .398  .726   102   189   0   4   5   2  17  
 1975 33 DEA AL  124  434   43   97  10   0  16   46   0   0   28   44  .224  .275  .357  .632    86   155   0   3   1   4  21  
 1976 34 DEA AL   75  254   22   66  15   1   5   35   0   0   10   40  .260  .286  .386  .672    98    98   0   4   1   1   7  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1895 6318  683 1593 224  42 202  799  17  11  545  873  .252  .320  .397  .717        2507  22  53  34 114 193
 Per 600 PA           538   58  136  19   4  17   68   1   1   46   74                                 213   2   5   3  10  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA     1895 6318  683 1593 224  42 202  799  17  11  545  873  .252  .320  .397  .717        2507  22  53  34 114 193
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1774 6073  706 1591 241  35 200  758  24  21  626  753  .262  .340  .412  .752        2502  38  48  67 114 138
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1963 21 DEA AL  14   38   3.8   6   0   0  .000   5   36   30  .833   14   12  .538  C    3(-2)e2     8   
 1964 22 DEA AL  27   84   5.5   2   1   0  .500   5   78   57  .731    8    7  .533  C    2(-3)e3   -26   
 1965 23 DEA AL  39   50   3.5   2   0   0  .000   1   66   55  .833   20    6  .769  C    2(-3)e2     6   
 1966 24 DEA AL  37   48   3.1   2   1   0  .500   7   91   72  .791   37   17  .685  C    1(-3)e2   -19   
 1967 25 DEA AL  34  103   6.5   2   1   0  .500   3   67   60  .896   41   32  .562  C    1(-2)e4     0   
 1968 26 DEA AL  28   77   4.7   1   0   0  .000   6   89   74  .831   33   28  .541  C    1(-2)e4   -69   
 1969 27 DEA AL  31   50   3.3   0   0   0  .000   6   81   63  .778   31   21  .596  C    2(-2)e5   -98   
 1970 28 DEA AL  24   50   4.0   4   1   0  .250   1   65   52  .800   30   16  .652  C    2(-2)e2   -46   
 1971 29 DEA AL  31   72   4.7   2   1   0  .500   2   55   43  .782   46   23  .667  C    2(-1)e1   -65   
 1972 30 DEA AL  37   64   5.6  14   4   0  .286  14   77   57  .740   57   27  .679  C    2(0)e7     38   
 1973 31 DEA AL  49   28   3.6   1   0   0  .000   4   48   39  .812   78   31  .716  C    2(+2)e1     2   
 1974 32 DEA AL  40   59   4.4   8   4   0  .500  13   54   31  .574   46   13  .780  1B   4e10     -113   
 1975 33 DEA AL  48   37   2.8   2   0   0  .000   8   39   23  .590   34   12  .739  1B   4e10      -72   
 1976 34 DEA AL  51   26   3.6   7   3   1  .429   7   17   10  .588    8    8  .500  1B   4e15      -15   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          794   4.3  53  16   1  .302  82  863  666  .772  483  253  .656                 -37   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 26.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 89.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1963 21 DEA AL  C    112   532    26    5    2   .991    82   760.1   6.60
                 1B     7    55     5    0    4  1.000     5    45.0  12.00
 1964 22 DEA AL  C    145   857    35    2    4   .998   133  1225.2   6.55
                 1B    15   151    16    3   18   .982    15   128.0  11.74
 1965 23 DEA AL  C    151   836    36    1    3   .999   134  1226.0   6.40  GG
 1966 24 DEA AL  C    151   949    53    7   12   .993   139  1263.2   7.14  GG
 1967 25 DEA AL  C    155  1147    54    3    5   .998   152  1384.1   7.81  GG
 1968 26 DEA AL  C    158  1058    66    6   10   .995   155  1413.1   7.16  GG
 1969 27 DEA AL  C    144   915    39    6    6   .994   143  1271.2   6.75  GG
 1970 28 DEA AL  C    128   782    42    1    6   .999   118  1053.1   7.04
 1971 29 DEA AL  C    150   916    55    2    1   .998   143  1274.1   6.86
 1972 30 DEA AL  C    128   801    55   14    4   .984   105   994.1   7.75
 1973 31 DEA AL  C     93   436    47    4    4   .992    75   646.2   6.72
                 1B    10    84     9    0   12  1.000    10    83.0  10.08
 1974 32 DEA AL  1B    93   786    65    8   81   .991    82   760.2  10.07
                 C     42   193    24    5    1   .977    37   321.1   6.08
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1975 33 DEA AL  1B    97   789    65    5   77   .994    86   773.0   9.94
                 C     27   122    19    3    2   .979    25   227.0   5.59
 1976 34 DEA AL  1B    25   221    17    4   17   .983    25   209.0  10.25
                 C     19    48    11    3    1   .952    12   120.2   4.40
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1603  9592   562   62   61   .994  1453 13182.2   6.93
                 1B   247  2086   177   20  209   .991   223  1998.2  10.19
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1964 WS    DEA CIN   L    5  19  2  6  2  1  1   5  1  0  .316  .350  .684  0
 1965 WS    DEA CIN   L    6  21  4  8  2  0  0   3  3  7  .381  .440  .476  0
 1968 WS    DEA SLN   W    4  12  2  3  1  0  0   3  1  4  .250  .375  .333  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1963  DEA   88-74   Steve Dewing, Alan Boodman
 1964  DEA   97-66   Steve Dewing
 1965  DEA   96-67   Steve Dewing
 1966  DEA   90-72   Steve Dewing
 1967  DEA   92-70   Steve Dewing
 1968  DEA   99-63   Alan Boodman
 1969  DEA   81-81   Alan Boodman
 1970  DEA   69-93   Alan Boodman
 1971  DEA   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1972  DEA   71-91   Allen Nelson, Dennis Van Langen
 1973  DEA   79-83   Dennis Van Langen
 1974  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1975  DEA   47-115  Dennis Van Langen
 1976  DEA   54-108  Dennis Van Langen

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