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Earl Averill League
9-22-2076
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 Contact vs. L D- Endurance C-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor Val B-
Speed B- Bunt B- Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1950 CLE-CHN
5
10
58
14
0
0
0
0
131.2
177 116 109 3 72
79
1.89
7.45
1951 CHN
2
14
64
5
0
0
2
0
78.1
126 88 82 4 44
45
2.17
9.42
1952 CHN
5
8
41
4
1
0
5
0
84.0
98 59 58 3 41
50
1.65
6.21
1953 CHN
4
3
30
5
0
0
0
0
93.2
96 40 38 4 41
58
1.46
3.65
1954 CHN
5
7
79
0
0
0
31
0
77.0
76 39 38 3 37
55
1.47
4.44
1955 CHN
1
7
57
0
0
0
34
0
51.2
54 24 22 0 25
35
1.53
3.83
1956 CHN
5
5
45
0
0
0
33
0
47.1
59 29 29 0 19
30
1.65
5.51
1957 CHN
1
5
49
0
0
0
39
0
48.0
48 18 16 2 13
33
1.27
3.00
1958 CHN
2
4
63
0
0
0
54
0
57.1
57 20 13 0 20
34
1.34
2.04
1959 CHN
0
3
60
0
0
0
50
0
57.0
66 29 29 0 18
56
1.47
4.58
1960 CHN
1
3
65
0
0
0
8
0
71.1
89 46 40 2 36
53
1.75
5.05
1961 CHN-NYN
2
0
60
0
0
0
0
0
106.0
107 52 46 4 34
66
1.33
3.91
1962 NYN
3
5
63
0
0
0
0
0
119.2
111 47 46 3 46
84
1.31
3.46
1963 NYN-DET
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2.0
10 6 6 0 0
1
5.00
27.00
2076
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
36
74
737
28
1
0
256
0
1024.2
1174 613 572 28 446
679
1.58
5.02
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.