50 m ago In South Hempstead accident cleared on The Southern St Pkwy EB at Bellmore Rd/X26. Slow traffic from Rt-106/X25
In South Hempstead accident cleared on The Southern St Pkwy EB at Bellmore Rd/X26. Slow traffic from Rt-106/X25
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can't wait to watch Orb race at the Preakness.
I was doing some All-Star Game research. In doing so, I came across the name of Bill Freehan, and was surprised to find that he started for the American League at catcher for seven straight years. Doing some more digging, I realized he was essentially the from FanGraphs Read more »
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William Ashley Freehan (born November 29, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire 15-year career with the Detroit Tigers. The premier catcher in the American League for several years, he was named an All-Star in each of the eleven seasons in which he caught at least 75 games, and was the MVP runnerup with the 1968 champions for his handling of a pitching staff that included Mickey Lolich and Denny McLain, who became the first 30-game winner in the majors since 1934. A five-time Gold Glove Award winner, he held the major league record for highest career fielding percentage (.9933) until 2002, and also the records for career putouts (9941) and total chances (10,734) from 1975 until the late 1980s; he ranked ninth in major league history in games caught (1581) at the end of his career. His career totals of 200 home runs and 2502 total bases placed him behind only Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey among AL catchers when he retired.
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