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Hersh Freeman

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Full Name: Hershell Baskin Freeman Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/220 First Game: September 10, 1952
Birthdate: July 1, 1928 Final Game: June 7, 1958
Birthplace: Gadsden, Alabama MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: January 17, 2004
Deathplace: Orlando, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 1, 1928 in Gadsden, Alabama, Hersh Freeman (Hershell Baskin Freeman) played for the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career. Freeman broke into the bigs on September 10, 1952 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 2.12 ERA in 93.1 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hersh Freeman's best season was 1956, when he posted a 3.40 ERA, won 14 games, notched 18 saves and struck out 50 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1952 BOS A 4 1 1 0 3.29 5 5 5 1 0 0 13.2 13 1 5 0 0 1
1953 BOS A 18 2 1 4 5.54 15 31 24 0 0 0 39 50 2 17 0 1 0
1955 CIN N 52 0 7 4 2.16 37 31 22 0 0 11 91.2 94 3 30 6 2 2
1955 BOS A 2 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 1 0 0
1955 Total 54 0 7 4 2.12 38 31 22 0 0 11 93.1 95 3 31 7 2 2
1956 CIN N 64 0 14 5 3.40 50 44 41 0 0 18 108.2 112 2 34 11 3 1
1957 CIN N 52 0 7 2 4.52 36 49 42 0 0 8 83.2 90 14 14 4 2 3
1958 CIN N 3 0 0 0 3.52 7 3 3 0 0 0 7.2 4 0 5 0 1 0
1958 CHI N 9 0 0 1 8.31 7 13 12 0 0 0 13 23 3 3 0 0 0
1958 TOT N 12 0 0 1 6.53 14 16 15 0 0 0 20.2 27 3 8 0 1 0
Total NL 180 0 28 12 3.54 137 140 120 0 0 37 304.2 323 22 86 21 8 6
Total AL 24 3 2 4 4.80 21 36 29 1 0 0 54.1 64 3 23 1 1 1
Total 204 3 30 16 3.74 158 176 149 1 0 37 359 387 25 109 22 9 7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1952 BOS A P 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 BOS A P 18 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 CIN N P 52 0 0 4 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 CIN N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 BOS A P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 Total P 54 0 0 4 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 CIN N P 64 0 0 8 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 CIN N P 52 0 83.2 5 12 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1.000
1958 CIN N P 3 0 7.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 CHI N P 9 0 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 TOT N P 12 0 20.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 204 0 104.1 19 63 0 7 0 0 3 1 0 1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1952 BOS A 4 4 0 2 0 0 .500 .600 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1953 BOS A 18 11 0 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
1955 CIN N 53 18 3 3 1 3 .167 .211 .389 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
1955 BOS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 Total 55 18 3 3 1 3 .167 .211 .389 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
1956 CIN N 64 18 0 1 0 2 .056 .190 .111 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CIN N 52 10 1 2 0 0 .200 .200 .300 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 CIN N 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHI N 9 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 TOT N 12 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 181 48 4 6 1 5 .125 .192 .250 3 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 2
Total AL 24 15 0 3 0 0 .200 .250 .200 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2
Total 205 63 4 9 1 5 .143 .206 .238 3 0 5 12 0 0 0 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1948).
  • Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cincinnati Reds (May 10, 1955).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Turk Lown (May 8, 1958).

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