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colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> August 19, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-08-19)</span> (aged 79)<br /><a href="/wiki/Walloon_Lake,_Michigan" title="Walloon Lake, Michigan">Walloon Lake, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 26, 1961, for the Detroit Tigers</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 3, 1976, for the Detroit Tigers</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.262</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">200</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">758</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1961 Major League Baseball season">1961</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1963 Major League Baseball season">1963</a>–<a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1976 Major League Baseball season">1976</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li>11× <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1964</a>–<a href="/wiki/1973_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968</a>)</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a> (1965–1969)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Ashley Freehan</b> (November 29, 1941 – August 19, 2021) was an American <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> who played his entire 15-year career with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>. The premier catcher in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> for several years from the 1960s into the early 1970s, he was named an <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> in 11 seasons, the most All-Star seasons for a player to not be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>. He was the <a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> runner-up for Tigers' <a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968 World Series</a> winning team, handling a pitching staff which included World Series MVP <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Lolich" title="Mickey Lolich">Mickey Lolich</a> and regular season MVP <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a>, who that year became the first 30-game <a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">winner</a> in the majors since 1934. </p><p>A five-time <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a> winner,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freehan held the major league record for highest career <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a> (.9933) until 2002, and also the records for career <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a> (9,941) and <a href="/wiki/Total_chances" title="Total chances">total chances</a> (10,734) from 1975 until the late 1980s;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he ranked ninth in major league history in games caught (1,581) at the end of his career. His career totals of 200 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and 2,502 <a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">total bases</a> placed him behind only <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Yogi Berra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Dickey" title="Bill Dickey">Bill Dickey</a> among AL catchers when he retired.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Freehan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Freehan was born in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> on November 29, 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Ashley, worked as a sales representative for a seat insulation company; his mother was Helen (Morris).<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised in <a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak,_Michigan" title="Royal Oak, Michigan">Royal Oak, Michigan</a>, until he was 14 years old, when his family relocated to <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Freep_obit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freep_obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg_Catholic_High_School" title="St. Petersburg Catholic High School">Bishop Barry High School</a>, graduating in 1959. He initially intended to study at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a>, but did not want to choose between playing football or baseball. He consequently enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> on an <a href="/wiki/Athletic_scholarship" title="Athletic scholarship">athletic scholarship</a>, where he played as <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> on its <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_baseball" title="Michigan Wolverines baseball">baseball team</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> and <a href="/wiki/End_(gridiron_football)" title="End (gridiron football)">end</a> on its <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">football team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He set an all-time <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting</a> mark of .585 in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_league_career">Major league career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Freehan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major league career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Freehan signed with his hometown Tigers in 1961 for a $100,000 bonus, which his father withheld until he graduated from college in 1966. He broke in briefly with four games at the end of the 1961 season before returning to the minors in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1963_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1963 Detroit Tigers season">1963</a> he arrived in the majors to stay, working with former catcher <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ferrell" title="Rick Ferrell">Rick Ferrell</a> on his defense and splitting catching duties with <a href="/wiki/Gus_Triandos" title="Gus Triandos">Gus Triandos</a>, who was traded following the season. The <a href="/wiki/1964_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1964 Detroit Tigers season">1964</a> campaign gave indications of what was to come; becoming the Tigers' full-time catcher with 141 games behind the plate, Freehan batted .300 to finish sixth in the American League (AL), and added 18 home runs and 80 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">runs batted in</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also led the AL by throwing out 53% of potential base stealers, earned the first of his ten consecutive All-Star selections, and placed seventh in the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player Award</a> balloting.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1965_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1965 Detroit Tigers season">1965</a>, he led AL catchers in <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a> for the first of six times, and received the first of his five consecutive Gold Gloves. In <a href="/wiki/1966_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1966 Detroit Tigers season">1966</a> he again led the league in putouts, and also led in <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a> for the first of four times.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1967_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1967 Detroit Tigers season">1967</a> was his best season yet, as he batted .282 – ninth in the AL as averages hit an all-time low – with 20 home runs, and broke <a href="/wiki/Elston_Howard" title="Elston Howard">Elston Howard</a>'s 1964 AL single-season records with 950 putouts and 1,021 <a href="/wiki/Total_chances" title="Total chances">total chances</a>. Freehan led the league in both <a href="/wiki/Intentional_base_on_balls" title="Intentional base on balls">intentional walks</a> (15 of his 73 total walks) and times <a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">hit by pitch</a> (20), leading to a career-high .389 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a>. He finished third in the MVP voting after Detroit finished one game behind the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> for the AL <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Freehan_1966.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bill_Freehan_1966.jpg/220px-Bill_Freehan_1966.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bill_Freehan_1966.jpg/330px-Bill_Freehan_1966.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Bill_Freehan_1966.jpg 2x" data-file-width="344" data-file-height="457" /></a><figcaption>Freehan wearing protective catcher's gear as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> in 1966.</figcaption></figure> <p>Freehan had an even better year in <a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1968 Detroit Tigers season">1968</a> as he was considered the quiet leader of the <a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968 World Series</a> championship squad. In a year marked by dominant pitching, he posted career highs with 25 home runs and 84 RBI, fifth and sixth in the AL respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freehan broke his own records with 971 putouts and 1,050 total chances, marks which remained league records until <a href="/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(catcher)" title="Dan Wilson (catcher)">Dan Wilson</a> topped them with the 1997 <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>. He was also hit by 24 pitches, the most in the AL since <a href="/wiki/Kid_Elberfeld" title="Kid Elberfeld">Kid Elberfeld</a> in 1911. Despite playing in hitter-friendly <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Detroit)" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a>, Freehan guided the Tigers' pitching staff to an <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> of 2.71, third best in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McLain won 31 games and Lolich won 17 as the Tigers ran away with the pennant. Because of his offensive and defensive contributions, he finished second to McLain in the MVP voting.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freehan and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> were the only players to finish in the top ten of the voting in both 1967 and 1968, and only Yastrzemski reached base more often in 1968. Freehan capped his season by recording the final out of the World Series against the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, retiring <a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a> on a popup. He also made a pivotal play in Game 5, with the Cardinals leading the Series 3-1 and the game 3-2.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fifth inning, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Lou Brock</a> – whom Freehan had thrown out on an attempted <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">steal</a> in the third inning – <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubled</a> with one out and attempted to score on <a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Javier" title="Julián Javier">Julián Javier</a>'s single, however Freehan successfully blocked the plate with his foot, and held on to the ball even though Brock came in standing up in an attempt to knock the ball loose. Detroit won by scoring three runs in the seventh inning, and went on to take the last two games.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Freehan's later seasons rarely approached the brilliance of those two campaigns, he continued to turn out All-Star years for the Tigers. His offensive numbers dipped in <a href="/wiki/1970_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1970 Detroit Tigers season">1970</a>, but he threw out 47% of potential base stealers (his highest mark since 1964) and had a .997 fielding percentage. In <a href="/wiki/1971_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1971 Detroit Tigers season">1971</a>, he rebounded at the plate with a .277 batting average and 21 home runs, three of those coming in one game against the Boston Red Sox in August. He hit .262 for the <a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1972 Detroit Tigers season">1972</a> <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">Eastern Division</a> champions. He missed the first two games (both losses) of the <a href="/wiki/1972_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1972 American League Championship Series">1972 American League Championship Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> while recovering from a hairline fracture of his thumb, then doubled and homered in a 3-0 Game 3 win, in which <a href="/wiki/Joe_Coleman_(1970s_pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Coleman (1970s pitcher)">Joe Coleman</a> set a League Championship Series record with 14 <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">strikeouts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freehan drove in the first of three runs in the tenth inning of Game 4 in a memorable 4-3 come-from-behind victory which tied the series;<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he also drove in Detroit's only run in the 2-1 Game 5 loss.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1974_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1974 Detroit Tigers season">1974</a>, splitting time between <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first base</a> (65 games) and catcher (63 games), he hit .297 and finished fifth in the American League in <a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">slugging percentage</a> with a .479 mark.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved back behind the plate the following year to earn his 11th All-Star berth. Freehan ended his career in <a href="/wiki/1976_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1976 Detroit Tigers season">1976</a>, batting .270.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Freehan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his 15-year career, Freehan played in 1,774 <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games</a> with 1,591 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> in 6,073 <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">at bats</a> for a .262 batting average along with 241 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a>, 200 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, 758 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">RBI</a>, and a .340 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to his home runs and total bases, his .412 slugging percentage and totals of 1,591 hits, 706 <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs</a> and 476 <a href="/wiki/Extra_base_hit" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra base hit">extra base hits</a> all put him among the top five AL catchers to that time. His batting totals are particularly remarkable in light of the fact offense was at a low throughout the sport during his career, with a decided advantage toward <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitchers</a>. Freehan led all AL catchers in fielding percentage four times (1965, 1966, 1970, 1973).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also ranked sixth in American League history with 114 times being hit by a pitch. Freehan caught more games than any other player in Tigers' team history.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bill_James_Historical_Baseball_Abstract" title="The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract">The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract</a></i>, baseball historian <a href="/wiki/Bill_James" title="Bill James">Bill James</a> ranked Freehan 12th all-time among major league catchers.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Freehan held the major league record for highest career <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a> (.9933) until 2002, when <a href="/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(catcher)" title="Dan Wilson (catcher)">Dan Wilson</a> broke his record. In 1973 and 1974 he surpassed <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Yogi Berra</a> to become the AL's all-time leader in <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Total_chances" title="Total chances">total chances</a>; he broke <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Roseboro" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Roseboro">Johnny Roseboro</a>'s major league marks in 1975. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a> broke Freehan's major league mark of 10,734 career total chances in 1987, and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Gary Carter</a> surpassed his putouts total of 9,941 in 1988;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Carlton Fisk</a> broke his AL records in 1989 (total chances) and 1990 (putouts).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freehan caught 114 <a href="/wiki/Shutouts_in_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Shutouts in baseball">shutouts</a> during his career, ranking him 18th all-time among major league catchers.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1969 season, Freehan penned <i>Behind the Mask</i>, a diary-type recording of his thoughts and experiences as seen from the catcher's perspective that saw publication in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-MASK_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MASK-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and pitcher Mickey Lolich started 324 games as a <a href="/wiki/Battery_(baseball)" title="Battery (baseball)">battery</a>, at the time more than any other duo since 1900,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a record that stood until <a href="/wiki/Adam_Wainwright" title="Adam Wainwright">Adam Wainwright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yadier_Molina" title="Yadier Molina">Yadier Molina</a> of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> broke it in <a href="/wiki/2022_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="2022 St. Louis Cardinals season">2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-playing_career">Post-playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Freehan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retiring as a player, Freehan coached Tigers catcher <a href="/wiki/Lance_Parrish" title="Lance Parrish">Lance Parrish</a> on the fine points of playing his position. In 1978, Freehan was one of seven members of the inaugural class of inductees to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan_Athletic_Hall_of_Honor" title="University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor">University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Freep_obit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freep_obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as a <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> broadcasts from 1979 to 1980, and for Tigers broadcasts on <a href="/wiki/PASS_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="PASS Sports">PASS Sports</a> television from 1984 to 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently returned to the University of Michigan as head coach of the baseball team from 1989 to 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went back to the Tigers as a catching instructor in 2002, serving in that capacity for three seasons before retiring.<sup id="cite_ref-MLB_obit_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MLB_obit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Freehan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Freehan married Patricia O’Brien on February 23, 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hospice_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hospice-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the sister of <a href="/wiki/Dan_O%27Brien_(pitcher)" title="Dan O'Brien (pitcher)">Dan O'Brien</a> and they met while in high school.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together, they had three children: Corey Sue, Kelley, and Cathy.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Freep_obit_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freep_obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his wife relocated to <a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Hills,_Michigan" title="Bloomfield Hills, Michigan">Bloomfield Hills, Michigan</a>, during their later years.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Freehan was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a> in his later years.<sup id="cite_ref-hospice_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hospice-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2018, it was revealed Freehan was in hospice care at his home in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Michigan" title="Northern Michigan">Northern Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hospice_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hospice-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on August 19, 2021, from the disease at the age of 79.<sup id="cite_ref-Freep_obit_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freep_obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MLB_obit_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MLB_obit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Freehan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gold_Glove_Award_winners_at_catcher" title="List of Gold Glove Award winners at catcher">List of Gold Glove Award winners at catcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_who_spent_their_entire_career_with_one_franchise" title="List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise">List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Freehan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1964+American+League+Batting+Leaders+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fleagues%2FAL%2F1964-batting-leaders.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1964.shtml#ALmvp">"1964 Awards Voting - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1964+Awards+Voting+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fawards%2Fawards_1964.shtml%23ALmvp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1967-batting-leaders.shtml">"1967 American League Batting Leaders - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1967+American+League+Batting+Leaders+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fleagues%2FAL%2F1967-batting-leaders.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1967.shtml#ALmvp">"1967 Awards Voting - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1967+Awards+Voting+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fawards%2Fawards_1967.shtml%23ALmvp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1968.shtml">"1968 American League Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1968+American+League+Season+Summary+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fleagues%2FAL%2F1968.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1968.shtml">"1968 American League Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1968+American+League+Season+Summary+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fleagues%2FAL%2F1968.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1968.shtml#ALmvp">"1968 Awards Voting - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1968+Awards+Voting+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fawards%2Fawards_1968.shtml%23ALmvp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET196810070.shtml">"1968 World Series Game 5, St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers, October 7, 1968 - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1968+World+Series+Game+5%2C+St.+Louis+Cardinals+at+Detroit+Tigers%2C+October+7%2C+1968+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FDET%2FDET196810070.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1968_WS.shtml">"1968 World Series - Detroit Tigers over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3) - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1968+World+Series+-+Detroit+Tigers+over+St.+Louis+Cardinals+%284-3%29+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fpostseason%2F1968_WS.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197210100.shtml">"1972 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 3, Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, October 10, 1972 - Baseball-Reference.com"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Baseball-Reference.com&rft.atitle=1972+American+League+Championship+Series+%28ALCS%29+Game+3%2C+Oakland+Athletics+at+Detroit+Tigers%2C+October+10%2C+1972+-+Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fboxes%2FDET%2FDET197210100.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABill+Freehan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197210110.shtml">"1972 American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 4, Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, October 11, 1972 - 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