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Earl Averill League
3-1-2078
Bill Freese Relief Pitcher
Retired (1963, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.02 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 36-74 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
SV 256 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 09-12-1927
K 679 Drafted Round 31, Pick 490
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(2 games)
IP 1024.2
WHIP 1.58
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance C-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L C  Velocity B    Mentor Val B-
Speed B- Bunt B- Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Endurance   Velocity   Control   Total 
1950 Majors 23 0.00 1 / 4 4 / 27 3 / 24 8 / 55
1951 Majors 24 0.00 0 / 2 5 / 25 8 / 22 13 / 49
1952 Majors 25 0.00 1 / 5 8 / 28 7 / 19 16 / 52
1953 Majors 26 0.00 0 / 0 1 / 18 2 / 6 3 / 24
1954 Majors 27 0.00 0 / 1 1 / 13 5 / 17 6 / 31
1955 Majors 28 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 9 2 / 12 2 / 21
1956 Majors 29 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 18
1957 Majors 30 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 19
1958 Majors 31 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 16 0 / 8 0 / 24
1959 Majors 32 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 23
1960 Majors 33 0.00 0 / 0 1 / 17 0 / 10 1 / 27
1961 Majors 34 39.00 0 / 9 0 / 14 0 / 16 0 / 39
1962 Majors 35 42.00 0 / 7 0 / 20 0 / 15 0 / 42
1963 Minors 36 8.00 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 8
1963 Majors 36 1.29 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
Total 0 0 0 2 / 29 20 / 223 27 / 181 49 / 433
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1963-11-01Bill Freese has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1963-09-14The Detroit Tigers have waived Bill Freese.
1963-04-23The Detroit Tigers have acquired Bill Freese from the waiver wire.
1963-04-18The New York Underground have waived Bill Freese.
1963-04-08The New York Underground have promoted Robin Goodfellow to the major league team. The New York Underground have designated Bill Freese for assignment.
1961-04-05The New York Underground have acquired Bill Freese from the waiver wire.
1961-04-01The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Larry McDevitt to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have designated Bill Freese for assignment.
1951-09-09The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Bill Freese to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Sam Tartabull to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Jim Taylor to the minors. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Hinkey Fairly to the minors.
1951-08-10The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Bill Valdez to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Bill Freese to the minors.
1950-07-22The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Bill Freese to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Rick Robinson to the minors.
1950-06-19The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Rick Irwin to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Hinkey Fairly to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Bill Freese to the minors. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Gene Jansen to the minors.
1950-04-08The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Sam Tartabull to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have promoted Bill Freese to the major league team. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Hinkey Fairly to the minors. The Chicago Gangsters have sent Rick Irwin to the minors.
1950-04-06A trade has been completed between the Chicago Gangsters and the Cleveland Bombers. The Cleveland Bombers receive Heinie Smith, Tim Lee, Orlando Maltzberger, Howard Just, Steve Leskanic from the Chicago Gangsters in exchange for Sam Tartabull, Bill Freese, Bob Gross.