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Buck Freeman

Buck Freeman

1891–1907 · Bats L · Throws L · 5'9", 169 lb · b. 1871 Catasauqua, PA

Career 1,126 G · 1,235 H · 82 HR · 713 RBI · .293 AVG · 3–2 · 4.41 ERA · 28 SO · 51.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

6

6 best in baseball

36 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1903 Best season

Spanning 1899–1904, peaking at 3 titles in 1903.

Team records #1 Washington Senators 1899 HR #1 Washington Senators 1899 RBI #2 Washington Senators 1899 H #3 Washington Senators career HR #3 Washington Senators 1899 OPS #5 Washington Senators 1899 R #9 Washington Senators 1899 AVG

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

956th League titles 6
388th Best in baseball 6
696th Top-5 finishes 36

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

Career leaderboards

78th Triples 131
326th Batting Average .293
375th Slugging Percentage .462
426th On-Base Plus Slug. .808
450th First Base Putouts 2,446
456th Outfield Assists 76

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Runs Batted In	2	1st	2 yrs (1902–1903)	1902 121 1903 104 1899 #2 1901 #2 1904 #2
Home Runs	2	1st	—	1899 25 1903 13 1901 #2 1902 #2 1904 #2
Total Bases	1	1st	—	1903 281 1899 #2 1902 #2
Triples	1	1st	—	1904 19 1899 #2 1902 #2 1903 #3
Doubles	—	#3	—	1903 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1899 #2 1901 #2 1903 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#2	—	1901 #2
Batting Average	—	#3	—	1901 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1904	1	3B 19
1903	3	HR 13 RBI 104 TB 281
1902	1	RBI 121
1899	1	HR 25

Batting

led the league 11 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1891	WS9	AA	5	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	.222	.300	.278	.578
1898	WAS	NL	29	107	19	39	2	3	3	21	7	4	2	.364	.424	.523	.947
1899	WAS	NL	155	588	107	187	19	25	25	122	23	25	21	.318	.362	.563	.925
1900	BSN	NL	117	418	58	126	19	13	6	65	25	28	10	.301	.355	.452	.808
1901	BOS	AL	129	490	88	166	23	15	12	114	44	30	17	.339	.400	.520	.920
1902	BOS	AL	138	564	75	174	38	19	11	121	32	40	17	.309	.352	.502	.854
1903	BOS	AL	141	567	74	163	39	20	13	104	30	73	5	.287	.328	.496	.823
1904	BOS	AL	157	597	64	167	20	19	7	84	32	90	7	.280	.329	.412	.741
1905	BOS	AL	130	455	59	109	20	8	3	49	46	51	8	.240	.316	.338	.655
1906	BOS	AL	121	392	42	98	18	9	1	30	28	43	5	.250	.302	.349	.651
1907	BOS	AL	4	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	.167	.333	.417	.750
Career	—	—	1,126	4,208	588	1,235	199	131	82	713	272	388	92	.293	.346	.462	.808

Pitching

2 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1891	WS9	AA	3	2	3.89	5	4	0	44.0	35	19	0	33	28	1.55
1899	WAS	NL	0	0	7.71	2	0	0	7.0	15	6	3	3	0	2.57
Career	—	—	3	2	4.41	7	4	0	51.0	50	25	3	36	28	1.69

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1891	WS9	AA	P	5	—	44.0	0	10	3	0	13	.769	2.00
1898	WAS	NL	OF	29	—	216.0	39	5	1	2	45	.978	1.52
1899	WAS	NL	OF	155	—	1258.0	220	14	14	3	248	.944	1.51
			P	2	—	7.0	0	3	1	0	4	.750	1.50
1900	BSN	NL	OF	91	—	673.0	130	3	7	1	140	.950	1.46
			1B	19	—	152.0	148	13	5	5	166	.970	8.47
1901	BOS	AL	1B	128	—	1087.0	1,278	55	36	71	1,369	.974	10.41
			2B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
			OF	1	—	6.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1902	BOS	AL	OF	138	—	1232.0	222	15	14	3	251	.944	1.72
1903	BOS	AL	OF	141	—	1242.0	195	13	15	2	223	.933	1.48
1904	BOS	AL	OF	157	157	1406.0	216	14	11	4	241	.954	1.46
1905	BOS	AL	1B	66	65	568.0	627	30	18	20	675	.973	9.95
			OF	57	56	428.0	68	0	3	0	71	.958	1.19
			3B	2	2	21.0	2	4	2	0	8	.750	3.00
1906	BOS	AL	OF	65	63	557.0	74	12	1	2	87	.989	1.32
			1B	43	41	350.0	393	35	7	0	435	.984	9.95
			3B	4	2	27.0	5	3	1	1	9	.889	2.00
1907	BOS	AL	OF	3	3	30.0	6	0	0	0	6	1.000	2.00
Career	—	—	OF	837	279	7048.0	1,171	76	66	17	1,313	.950	1.49
	—	—	1B	256	106	2157.0	2,446	133	66	96	2,645	.975	10.07
	—	—	P	7	—	51.0	0	13	4	0	17	.765	1.86
	—	—	3B	6	4	48.0	7	7	3	1	17	.824	2.33
	—	—	2B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00