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William Ashley Freehan (November 29, 1941 – August 19, 2021) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire 15-year career with the Detroit Tigers. The premier catcher in the American League for several years from the 1960s into the early 1970s, he was named an All-Star in 11 seasons, the most All-Star seasons for a ...
[a] Bill Freehan then doubled in Northrup, and in the top of the ninth, Don Wert added an RBI single. The Cardinals got a run in the ninth on a Mike Shannon homer, but that was all as Lolich pitched his third complete game. The final out of the series was recorded when Bill Freehan caught a pop foul off the very next batter, Tim McCarver.
Catcher Bill Freehan posted career highs with 25 home runs (fifth in the AL) and 84 runs batted in (RBIs) (sixth in the AL) and broke his own records with 971 putouts and 1,050 total chances, marks which remained AL records until Dan Wilson topped them with the 1997 Seattle Mariners. Freehan was hit by a pitch 24 times in 1968 – at that time ...
Former Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan, a perennial All-Star and the quiet leader of 1968 world champions, has died at age 79. Former Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan, a perennial All-Star ...
Bill Freehan caught the first five innings and scored in the third inning. When Lolich and Freehan left the game at the end of the fifth inning, the American League was ahead, 1–0. July 31: The Tigers beat the Red Sox, 5–2, as Mickey Lolich won his 18th game, and Aurelio Rodríguez and Bill Freehan hit home runs.
He made his MLB debut with the Tigers and he hit .261 in 44 games. Price played as the backup catcher to starter Bill Freehan. With the 1968 Tigers, Price won the World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. [2] After the 1971 season, the Tigers demoted Price to the Toledo Mud Hens.
Bill Freehan: Detroit Tigers: 15 1961, 1963–1976 [43] Carl Furillo: Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers: 15 1946–1960 [44] Jim Gantner: Milwaukee Brewers: 17 1976–1992 [45] Brett Gardner: New York Yankees: 14 2008–2021 [46] Scott Garrelts: San Francisco Giants: 10 1982–1991 [47] Lou Gehrig † New York Yankees: 17 1923–1939 [48] Charlie ...
Bill Freehan: C: 5 1965–1969 Al Kaline † OF: 10 1957–1959, 1961–1967 Ian Kinsler: 2B: 1 2016 Frank Lary: P: 1 1961 Lance Parrish: C: 3 1983–1985 Gary Pettis: OF: 2 1988, 1989 Plácido Polanco: 2B: 2 2007, 2009 Aurelio Rodríguez: 3B: 1 1976 Iván Rodríguez † C: 3 2004, 2006, 2007 Kenny Rogers. P: 1 2006 Mickey Stanley: OF: 4 1968 ...