Hersh Freeman
1952–1958 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
205G
.143AVG
.206OBP
.238SLG
More career statistics
9H
1HR
5RBI
0SB
30–16W–L
359.0IP
158K
3.74ERA
3GS
37SV
2Rare 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 · Plate appearances | 68 | 67 |
| Batting · Walks | 5 | 4 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,539 | 1,540 |
| Pitching · p er | 149 | 148 |
| Pitching · p hr | 25 | 24 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,077 | 1,078 |
| Pitching · p k | 158 | 160 |
| Pitching · p r | 176 | 175 |
| Pitching · p w | 109 | 110 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | 68 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .143 | .206 | .238 | .444 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 359.0 | 204 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 37 | 387 | 176 | 149 | 25 | 109 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 1.382 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1957-07-02 to 1957-07-26
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1956-09-09 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1955-08-03 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 11 | 5 scoreless innings | 1957-06-02 | 1 in 29 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Boston Red Sox | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | .500 | 13 | 5 |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 18 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 39 | 15 |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds | 55 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | .167 | 93 | 39 |
| 1956 |  Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 18 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .056 | 109 | 51 |
| 1957 | Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | .200 | 83 | 36 |
| 1958 | Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 20 | 14 |