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Bill Freehan

Bill Freehan

1961–1976 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'3", 203 lb · b. 1941 Detroit, MI

Career 1,774 G · 1,591 H · 200 HR · 758 RBI · .262 AVG

Seasons leading his league

13

6 best in baseball 7 league only

47 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1966 Best season

Spanning 1965–1973, peaking at 3 titles in 1966.

Team records #10 Tigers career HR

Led in Catcher Putouts for 5 straight seasons (1965–1969) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

329th League titles 13
388th Best in baseball 6
438th Top-5 finishes 47

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

18th Catcher Fielding Percentage .993
19th Catcher Putouts 9,941
30th Catcher Range Factor 6.74
63rd Catcher Double Plays 98
98th Catcher Assists 721
393rd Home Runs 200
495th Walks 626

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Putouts	6	1st	5 yrs (1965–1969)	1965 865 1967 950 1968 971 1971 912 1966 AL 898 1969 AL 821 1964 #2 1970 #2
Catcher Range Factor	3	1st	2 yrs (1965–1966)	1966 7.23 1965 AL 7.15 1969 AL 7.25 1964 #3 1967 #3 1968 #2 1970 #3 1971 #2 1972 #2 1973 #2
Catcher Fielding Percentage	3	1st	—	1970 .997 1966 AL .996 1973 AL .995 1964 #2 1965 #2 1967 #2 1968 #2 1969 #3 1971 #2 1975 #2
Catcher Double Plays	1	1st	—	1968 AL 15 1964 #3 1966 #2
Catcher Assists	—	#2	—	1964 #3 1965 #2 1966 #3 1967 #3 1968 #2

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1973	1	C FPCT .995
1971	1	C PO 912
1970	1	C FPCT .997
1969	2	C PO 821 C RF 7.25
1968	2	C PO 971 C DP 15
1967	1	C PO 950
1966	3	C PO 898 C FPCT .996 C RF 7.23
1965	2	C PO 865 C RF 7.15

Batting

15 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1961	DET	AL	4	10	1	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855
1963	DET	AL	100	300	37	73	12	2	9	36	39	56	2	.243	.331	.387	.718
1964	DET	AL	144	520	69	156	14	8	18	80	36	68	5	.300	.350	.462	.812
1965	DET	AL	130	431	45	101	15	0	10	43	39	63	4	.234	.306	.339	.645
1966	DET	AL	136	492	47	115	22	0	12	46	40	72	5	.234	.294	.352	.646
1967	DET	AL	155	517	66	146	23	1	20	74	73	71	1	.282	.389	.447	.835
1968	DET	AL	155	540	73	142	24	2	25	84	65	64	0	.263	.366	.454	.819
1969	DET	AL	143	489	61	128	16	3	16	49	53	55	1	.262	.342	.405	.747
1970	DET	AL	117	395	44	95	17	3	16	52	52	48	0	.241	.332	.420	.752
1971	DET	AL	148	516	57	143	26	4	21	71	54	48	2	.277	.353	.465	.818
1972	DET	AL	111	374	51	98	18	2	10	56	48	51	0	.262	.354	.401	.755
1973	DET	AL	110	380	33	89	10	1	6	29	40	30	0	.234	.323	.313	.636
1974	DET	AL	130	445	58	132	17	5	18	60	42	44	2	.297	.361	.479	.840
1975	DET	AL	120	427	42	105	17	3	14	47	32	56	2	.246	.306	.398	.704
1976	DET	AL	71	237	22	64	10	1	5	27	12	27	0	.270	.303	.384	.687
Career	—	—	1,774	6,073	706	1,591	241	35	200	758	626	753	24	.262	.340	.412	.752

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1961	DET	AL	C	3	3	22.0	14	4	0	0	18	1.000	6.00
1963	DET	AL	C	73	61	568.2	407	22	2	5	431	.995	5.88
			1B	19	19	168.1	147	16	1	14	164	.994	8.58
1964	DET	AL	C	141	137	1222.0	923	61	7	7	991	.993	6.98
			1B	1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	7.00
1965	DET	AL	C	129	120	1085.2	865	57	4	4	926	.996	7.15
1966	DET	AL	C	132	130	1156.2	898	56	4	11	958	.996	7.23
			1B	5	5	46.0	44	4	0	3	48	1.000	9.60
1967	DET	AL	C	147	137	1223.1	950	63	8	9	1,021	.992	6.89
			1B	11	12	97.0	77	5	0	6	82	1.000	7.45
1968	DET	AL	C	138	129	1180.1	971	73	6	15	1,050	.994	7.57
			1B	21	21	172.0	162	10	1	11	173	.994	8.19
			OF	1	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1969	DET	AL	C	120	113	1025.1	821	49	7	7	877	.992	7.25
			1B	20	21	163.0	138	7	3	7	148	.980	7.25
1970	DET	AL	C	114	110	984.0	742	42	2	6	786	.997	6.88
1971	DET	AL	C	144	142	1265.0	912	50	4	6	966	.996	6.68
			OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1972	DET	AL	C	105	99	882.0	648	57	8	9	713	.989	6.71
			1B	1	2	12.0	6	3	0	0	9	1.000	9.00
1973	DET	AL	C	98	94	831.2	584	50	3	3	637	.995	6.47
			1B	7	7	59.0	54	3	0	2	57	1.000	8.14
1974	DET	AL	1B	65	64	572.0	590	36	4	49	630	.994	9.63
			C	63	59	512.2	312	45	5	6	362	.986	5.67
1975	DET	AL	C	113	112	960.1	582	64	6	8	652	.991	5.72
			1B	5	5	43.1	53	2	0	4	55	1.000	11.00
1976	DET	AL	C	61	60	516.2	312	28	6	2	346	.983	5.57
			1B	2	2	17.0	16	6	0	2	22	1.000	11.00
Career	—	—	C	1,581	1,506	13436.1	9,941	721	72	98	10,734	.993	6.74
	—	—	1B	157	159	1358.2	1,294	92	9	98	1,395	.994	8.83
	—	—	OF	2	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00