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Bill Freehan	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 215   Born: November 29, 1941 in Usa, MI, DETROIT

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1964
Gold Glove	1969
All-Star Selections	1966    1967    1969    1970

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1961	19	STL	NL					6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7
1962	20	STL	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
1963	21	STL	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	8	8	8
1964	22	STL	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	6	6	8	8	8
1965	23	STL	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
1966	24	STL	NL	$ 2,285,714				7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	8	8
1967	25	STL	NL	$ 4,028,571				7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
1968	26	STL	NL	$ 4,028,571				7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8
1969	27	STL	NL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8
1970	28	STL	NL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	4	4	8	8	8
1971	29	STL	NL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	8	8	8
1972	30	STL	NL	$ 3,750,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	8	8
1973	31	STL	NL	$ 3,250,000				6	6	7	7	6	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	8	8
1974	32	OAK	AL	$ 3,250,000				6	6	6	7	6	7	6	5	6	4	4	4	8	8	8
1975	33	OAK	AL	$ 3,250,000				6	6	6	7	6	7	6	5	6	4	4	4	8	8	8
1976	34	PIT	NL	$ 3,250,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
1977	35	BSN	NL	$ 450,000				2	2	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,028,571				7	7	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	6	6	8	8	8

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1961	19	AAA		137	502	72	155	24	4	28	93	8	7	49	70	.309	.370	.540	.910	93.8
1962	20	STL	NL	125	432	60	111	17	1	14	60	0	0	33	58	.257	.311	.398	.709	52.7	11.1
		AAA		24	88	9	24	4	1	4	11	1	1	6	14	.273	.319	.477	.796	12.9
1963	21	STL	NL	151	500	70	146	18	2	12	54	2	3	54	70	.292	.364	.408	.772	68.2	15.3
1964	22	STL	NL	144	502	84	146	29	3	23	77	4	4	42	52	.291	.353	.498	.851	81.9	19.6
1965	23	STL	NL	122	416	54	100	13	1	15	53	3	5	50	61	.240	.326	.385	.710	52.2	8.7
1966	24	STL	NL	151	554	93	166	29	3	27	83	2	1	52	60	.300	.367	.509	.876	96.4	24.1
1967	25	STL	NL	152	568	90	159	32	4	24	80	4	1	52	61	.280	.343	.477	.821	86.3	19.5
1968	26	STL	NL	147	491	53	121	25	3	14	59	1	1	42	44	.246	.309	.395	.704	56.7	8.4
1969	27	STL	NL	148	557	75	162	24	4	25	100	5	1	44	58	.291	.343	.483	.826	90.1	16.2
1970	28	STL	NL	146	559	79	145	20	3	16	69	2	3	40	63	.259	.316	.392	.708	67.3	10.1
1971	29	STL	NL	142	530	71	154	31	1	15	53	1	1	39	48	.291	.338	.438	.776	74.4	13.4
1972	30	STL	NL	143	497	46	134	18	2	14	57	1	4	35	60	.270	.322	.398	.720	61.6	9.7
1973	31	STL	NL	138	472	74	143	22	5	18	66	2	3	28	58	.303	.349	.485	.834	73.6	15.2
1974	32	KCR	AL	42	96	10	23	4	0	3	13	1	0	11	15	.240	.327	.375	.702	12.2	1.4
		OAK	AL	40	76	14	19	3	0	3	13	1	0	5	9	.250	.305	.408	.713	9.2	1.3
		TOT		82	172	24	42	7	0	6	26	2	0	16	24	.244	.318	.390	.707	21.4	2.7
		AAA		22	50	11	18	2	0	5	11	0	2	8	4	.360	.448	.700	1.148	13.1
1975	33	OAK	AL	146	519	60	129	12	2	18	68	1	4	26	59	.249	.287	.383	.670	53.4	4.8
1976	34	OAK	AL	64	206	19	53	11	0	4	17	0	1	10	31	.257	.295	.369	.664	19.9	1.8
		PIT	NL	16	44	5	10	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	.227	.244	.273	.517	2.0	0.0
		TOT		80	250	24	63	11	1	4	21	0	1	10	44	.252	.287	.352	.639	21.8	1.8
1977	35	A		136	501	62	119	11	0	1	40	3	0	68	110	.238	.329	.265	.594	49.8
15 Years Sim				2017	7019	957	1921	308	35	245	926	30	32	563	820	.274	.332	.432	.764	958.0	180.8
3 Years AAA				183	640	92	197	30	5	37	115	9	10	63	88	.308	.383	.544	.926	119.9
1 Years A				136	501	62	119	11	0	1	40	3	0	68	110	.238	.334	.265	.599	49.8
4 Years Minors				319	1141	154	316	41	5	38	155	12	10	131	198	.277	.361	.422	.782	169.7
162 Game Average					563	76	154	24	2	19	74	2	2	45	65	.274	.332	.432	.764	76.9
Career Highs				152	568	93	166	32	5	27	100	5	5	54	70	.303	.367	.509	.876	96.4

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		4253	565	1162	174	22	144	548	20	17	320	501	.273	.328	.426	.754	576.7
vs LH		2766	392	759	134	13	101	378	10	15	243	319	.274	.337	.442	.778	397.9
Home	1010	3465	474	942	141	20	130	483	16	18	282	410	.272	.331	.437	.767	485.8
Away	1007	3554	483	979	167	15	115	443	14	14	281	410	.275	.332	.428	.760	488.8
RISP		1596	0	438	65	5	57	623	0	0	170	188	.274	.341	.429	.770	236.2
Pinch Hitting		214	15	46	9	1	3	28	1	0	26	22	.215	.305	.308	.613	21.2
Close/Late		978	137	283	40	4	40	136	0	0	100	119	.289	.358	.461	.819	157.3
Mar/Apr	312	1079	152	281	39	8	40	121	8	6	94	115	.260	.325	.423	.748	145.9
May	362	1287	179	373	64	9	47	189	2	5	100	160	.290	.343	.463	.806	194.6
June	351	1239	162	327	53	7	37	142	8	5	97	144	.264	.321	.408	.729	159.0
July	301	1068	146	300	49	4	36	151	7	6	85	138	.281	.339	.435	.774	151.3
August	356	1207	159	312	54	2	48	165	1	6	101	139	.258	.320	.426	.746	160.8
Sep/Oct	335	1139	159	328	49	5	37	158	4	4	86	124	.288	.341	.437	.779	163.1

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF	RSA	RTO	RTO%	PB	DWS
1962	20	STL	NL	C	118	112	1009.7	589	31	2	1	.997	5.53	20	5	.250	5	5.6
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1963	21	STL	NL	C	137	135	1216.3	756	61	7	0	.992	6.05	87	28	.322	2	6.7
				3B	6	0	8.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.13	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1964	22	STL	NL	C	131	121	1110.3	730	53	3	1	.996	6.35	90	32	.356	2	6.4
				3B	8	0	16.0	0	1	1	0	.500	0.56	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1965	23	STL	NL	C	113	109	990.7	757	49	5	1	.994	7.32	64	20	.313	0	6.5
				3B	4	0	8.7	1	1	1	0	.667	2.08	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1966	24	STL	NL	C	135	135	1217.3	755	55	12	0	.985	5.99	92	26	.283	4	3.3
				3B	14	0	23.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.96	0	0	.000	0	0.1
1967	25	STL	NL	C	142	131	1214.3	775	66	2	0	.998	6.23	98	32	.327	2	7.4
				3B	5	0	6.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1968	26	STL	NL	C	121	120	1061.0	761	44	4	0	.995	6.83	58	20	.345	1	6.2
				3B	19	0	35.0	4	10	0	1	1.000	3.60	0	0	.000	0	0.2
1969	27	STL	NL	C	133	131	1187.0	786	64	3	5	.996	6.44	93	38	.409	5	9.5
				3B	13	0	29.3	0	10	0	0	1.000	3.07	0	0	.000	0	0.1
1970	28	STL	NL	C	133	126	1158.7	659	53	2	0	.997	5.53	83	27	.325	4	7.2
				3B	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1971	29	STL	NL	C	134	129	1174.7	656	56	6	0	.992	5.46	106	34	.321	0	4.8
1972	30	STL	NL	C	138	135	1220.3	727	63	6	0	.992	5.83	102	38	.373	1	7.5
1973	31	STL	NL	C	134	130	1163.7	611	62	4	0	.994	5.21	95	38	.400	1	5.7
				3B	1	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.00	0	0	.000	0	0.0
1974	32	KCR	AL	C	21	14	159.8	95	7	1	1	.990	5.74	19	5	.263	1	0.5
				3B	16	0	40.5	3	10	1	1	.929	2.89	0	0	.000	0	0.1
		OAK	AL	C	20	14	119.2	70	5	1	0	.987	5.66	15	3	.200	0	0.7
				3B	16	0	30.2	3	8	1	1	.917	3.28	0	0	.000	0	0.1
		TOT		C	41	28	279.0	165	12	2	1	.989	5.71	34	8	.235	1	1.2
				3B	32	0	70.7	6	18	2	2	.923	3.06					0.2
1975	33	OAK	AL	C	130	128	1149.0	676	52	4	1	.995	5.70	104	35	.337	5	6.9
				3B	12	0	25.0	1	10	0	0	1.000	3.96	0	0	.000	0	0.2
1976	34	OAK	AL	C	52	46	437.6	274	17	2	1	.993	5.98	34	7	.206	2	3.0
				3B	2	0	6.1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.95	0	0	.000	0	0.0
		PIT	NL	C	13	12	89.1	56	4	0	0	1.000	6.06	7	2	.286	1	0.5
				3B	1	0	1.2	0	1	0	0	1.000	7.50	0	0	.000	0	0.0
				C	1805	1728	15678.7	9733	742	64	11	.994	6.01	1167	390	.334	36	88.6
				3B	120	0	236.0	14	62	4	3	.950	2.90	0	0	.000	0	0.8
Career Totals					1925	1728	15914.6	9747	804	68	14	.994	5.97	1167	390	.334	36	89.4
Career Highs					149	135	1240.3	786	74	12	5	.998	7.28	106	38	.409	5

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1962	20	STL	NL	4	20	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450
1963	21	STL	NL	13	49	3	12	2	0	1	3	0	0	7	5	.245	.351	.347	.698
1964	22	STL	NL	17	58	12	17	1	1	3	9	0	1	7	6	.293	.397	.500	.897
1966	24	STL	NL	5	20	3	10	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.500	.524	.800	1.324
1971	29	STL	NL	12	47	4	12	1	0	1	7	0	0	3	9	.255	.288	.340	.629
1972	30	STL	NL	5	18	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444
Career Post-Season Batting				56	212	24	59	8	1	6	24	0	1	18	24	.278	.343	.410	.754

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1966-8-.300 1973-6-.303 On-Base Pct 1963-8-.364 1966-8-.367 Slugging Pct 1966-10-.509 1969-9-.483 1973-7-.485 OPS 1966-7-.876 1973-10-.834 XR 1966-10-96.4 Runs 1966-10-93 1967-6-90 Total Bases 1966-7-282 Doubles 1964-10-29 1966-9-29 1967-10-32 Triples 1973-10-5 Homeruns 1966-10-27 1969-8-25 RBIs 1969-7-100

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1961

Had first career hit on 5/2/1962, off Juan Marichal (COL)

Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1962, off Howie Nunn (CLN)

Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964

Injured on 6/28/1965 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4 weeks

Injured on 9/10/1965 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks

2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,285,714 through salary arbitration

Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game

2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 5/29/1967

Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game

2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration

10/22/1968: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,750,000 per year, for 4 years

Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game

Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1969

Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 5/26/1970

Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1971, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 6 RBI

3/3/1972: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,250,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from St. Louis to Kansas City on 2/1/1974 (Going to KCR: C Bill Freehan, CF Johnny Lewis, 1B Ron Fairly. Going to STL: 3B Celerino Sanchez)

Injured on 7/25/1974 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week

Traded from Kansas City to Oakland on 7/31/1974 (Going to KCR: P Nino Espinosa, P Tom Carroll, P Sandy Koufax. Going to OAK: P Phil Niekro, CF Johnny Lewis, C Bill Freehan)

Traded from Oakland to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1976 (Going to PIT: 3B Graig Nettles, SS Chuck Harrison, C Bill Freehan. Going to OAK: LF Buddy Bradford)

Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/10/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $450,000 per year

3/3/1977: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)

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