RIP BILL FREEHAN !!!

Bill Freehan died today at age 79... This ex Detroit Tiger C used to be one of my favourites when I was young... a long time ago that is...

May he rest in peace...

A truly great player - very underrated since he played his entire career in the depths of the Modern Deadball Era.

He is ranked #16 in JAWS for major league catchers (ahead of 5 other players who are in the HoF). https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_C.shtml

I've never been a fan of awarding the MVP to a picher (the Cy Young Award covers that). If the AL MVP Award hadn't been given to Denny McLain in 1968, Freehan would have been a top candidate.