Loading players...
Bill Freehan played 15 major-league seasons (1961-1976) as a C (1,581), 1B (157), OF (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 | DET | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .855 | 138 |
| 1963 | 22 | DET | 100 | 300 | 37 | 73 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 39 | 56 | .243 | .718 | 107 |
| 1964 | 23 | DET | 144 | 520 | 69 | 156 | 18 | 80 | 5 | 36 | 68 | .300 | .812 | 132 |
| 1965 | 24 | DET | 130 | 431 | 45 | 101 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 39 | 63 | .234 | .645 | 90 |
| 1966 | 25 | DET | 136 | 492 | 47 | 115 | 12 | 46 | 5 | 40 | 72 | .234 | .646 | 91 |
| 1967 | 26 | DET | 155 | 517 | 66 | 146 | 20 | 74 | 1 | 73 | 71 | .282 | .835 | 155 |
| 1968 | 27 | DET | 155 | 540 | 73 | 142 | 25 | 84 | 0 | 65 | 64 | .263 | .819 | 156 |
| 1969 | 28 | DET | 143 | 489 | 61 | 128 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 53 | 55 | .262 | .747 | 115 |
| 1970 | 29 | DET | 117 | 395 | 44 | 95 | 16 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 48 | .241 | .752 | 114 |
| 1971 | 30 | DET | 148 | 516 | 57 | 143 | 21 | 71 | 2 | 54 | 48 | .277 | .818 | 139 |
| 1972 | 31 | DET | 111 | 374 | 51 | 98 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 48 | 51 | .262 | .755 | 133 |
| 1973 | 32 | DET | 110 | 380 | 33 | 89 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 40 | 30 | .234 | .636 | 80 |
| 1974 | 33 | DET | 130 | 445 | 58 | 132 | 18 | 60 | 2 | 42 | 44 | .297 | .840 | 141 |
| 1975 | 34 | DET | 120 | 427 | 42 | 105 | 14 | 47 | 2 | 32 | 56 | .246 | .704 | 98 |
| 1976 | 35 | DET | 71 | 237 | 22 | 64 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .270 | .687 | 101 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | C | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | C | 73 | 61 | 407 | 22 | 2 | 5 |
| 1963 | 1B | 19 | 19 | 147 | 16 | 1 | 14 |
| 1964 | C | 141 | 137 | 923 | 61 | 7 | 7 |
| 1964 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | C | 129 | 120 | 865 | 57 | 4 | 4 |
| 1966 | C | 132 | 130 | 898 | 56 | 4 | 11 |
| 1966 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 1967 | C | 147 | 137 | 950 | 63 | 8 | 9 |
| 1967 | 1B | 11 | 12 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 1968 | C | 138 | 129 | 971 | 73 | 6 | 15 |
| 1968 | 1B | 21 | 21 | 162 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 1968 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | C | 120 | 113 | 821 | 49 | 7 | 7 |
| 1969 | 1B | 20 | 21 | 138 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 1970 | C | 114 | 110 | 742 | 42 | 2 | 6 |
| 1971 | C | 144 | 142 | 912 | 50 | 4 | 6 |
| 1971 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | C | 105 | 99 | 648 | 57 | 8 | 9 |
| 1972 | 1B | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | C | 98 | 94 | 584 | 50 | 3 | 3 |
| 1973 | 1B | 7 | 7 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1B | 65 | 64 | 590 | 36 | 4 | 49 |
| 1974 | C | 63 | 59 | 312 | 45 | 5 | 6 |
| 1975 | C | 113 | 112 | 582 | 64 | 6 | 8 |
| 1975 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1976 | C | 61 | 60 | 312 | 28 | 6 | 2 |
| 1976 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bill Freehan won: Gold Glove 1965 (AL), Gold Glove 1966 (AL), Gold Glove 1967 (AL), TSN All-Star 1967 (AL), Gold Glove 1968 (AL), TSN All-Star 1968 (AL), Gold Glove 1969 (AL), TSN All-Star 1969 (AL), TSN All-Star 1971 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1972, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1964.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 44 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 9 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 137 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 161 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 26 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
Bill Freehan ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.