Buck Freeman
1898–1907 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Washington Senators (1897-99)
1,126G
.293AVG
.346OBP
.462SLG
More career statistics
1,235H
82HR
713RBI
92SB
3–2W–L
51.0IP
28K
4.41ERA
4GS
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,126 | 1,121 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,208 | 4,185 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,235 | 1,230 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 66 | 67 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 2 | 305 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,619 | 4,601 |
| Batting · Runs | 588 | 587 |
| Batting · RBI | 713 | 708 |
| Batting · Triples | 131 | 132 |
| Batting · Walks | 272 | 275 |
| Pitching · Games | 7 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 244 | 43 |
| Pitching · p cg | 4 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 25 | 8 |
| Pitching · p gs | 4 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 50 | 15 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 153 | 21 |
| Pitching · p k | 28 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 45 | 13 |
| Pitching · p w | 36 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,126 | 4,619 | 4,208 | 588 | 1,235 | 199 | 131 | 82 | 713 | 272 | 2 | 92 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 1,942 | .293 | .346 | .462 | .808 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 45 | 25 | 3 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 1.686 |
Streaks
26longest hitting streak · 1902-05-06 to 1902-06-06
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1903-06-21 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1899-09-02 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1902-07-09 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 557 | 2251 | 632 | 46 | 379 | 139 | 158 | .310 | .343 | .502 |
| Away | 564 | 2350 | 598 | 36 | 329 | 136 | 147 | .278 | .312 | .426 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 84 | 352 | 85 | 9 | 51 | 24 | 25 | .270 | .310 | .502 |
| May | 183 | 758 | 186 | 10 | 105 | 52 | 61 | .272 | .314 | .420 |
| June | 169 | 713 | 203 | 15 | 140 | 37 | 42 | .310 | .337 | .506 |
| July | 206 | 854 | 226 | 14 | 114 | 44 | 60 | .289 | .316 | .439 |
| August | 193 | 801 | 211 | 10 | 124 | 55 | 45 | .294 | .332 | .444 |
| September | 235 | 932 | 270 | 22 | 153 | 50 | 65 | .313 | .343 | .503 |
| October | 51 | 191 | 49 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | .287 | .325 | .392 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 121 | 490 | 134 | 8 | 76 | 36 | 53 | .303 | .347 | .450 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 120 | 500 | 130 | 5 | 73 | 31 | 19 | .289 | .322 | .471 |
| chicago-white-sox | 119 | 490 | 126 | 12 | 69 | 33 | 40 | .283 | .324 | .458 |
| cleveland-guardians | 114 | 473 | 128 | 5 | 61 | 28 | 35 | .299 | .330 | .460 |
| detroit-tigers | 113 | 464 | 117 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 39 | .278 | .312 | .387 |
| st-louis-browns | 100 | 407 | 110 | 7 | 67 | 26 | 16 | .293 | .334 | .473 |
| new-york-yankees | 80 | 328 | 65 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 48 | .223 | .271 | .356 |
| new-york-giants | 37 | 156 | 45 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 5 | .331 | .359 | .471 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 29 | 107 | 39 | 3 | 21 | 3 | .364 | – | – |
| 1899 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 155 | 588 | 187 | 25 | 123 | 21 | .318 | 7 | – |
| 1900 |  Boston Braves | 117 | 418 | 126 | 6 | 65 | 9 | .301 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Boston Red Sox | 129 | 489 | 166 | 12 | 114 | 17 | .339 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 563 | 174 | 11 | 121 | 17 | .309 | – | – |
| 1903 | Boston Red Sox | 141 | 566 | 163 | 13 | 106 | 5 | .288 | – | – |
| 1904 | Boston Red Sox | 157 | 599 | 167 | 7 | 84 | 7 | .279 | – | – |
| 1905 | Boston Red Sox | 130 | 455 | 109 | 3 | 43 | 8 | .240 | – | – |
| 1906 | Boston Red Sox | 121 | 388 | 97 | 1 | 29 | 5 | .250 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Red Sox | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .167 | – | – |