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Howard Freigau
Howard Earl Freigau (Ty)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.
School Ohio Wesleyan University

Debut September 13, 1922
Final Game September 29, 1928
Born August 1, 1902 in Dayton, OH
Died July 18, 1932 in Chattanooga, TN

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 19 STL NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1923 20 STL NL 113  358   30   94  18  1   1   35   5  4  25  36  .263  .314  .327   71  117   7           2    
 1924 21 STL NL  98  376   35  101  17  6   2   39  10  3  19  24  .269  .306  .362   80  136  10           1    
 1925 22 TOT NL 126  502   79  150  22 10   8   71  10  6  32  32  .299  .342  .430   94  216  16           1    
         STL NL   9   26    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .154  .214  .154   -5    4   0           0    
         CHC NL 117  476   77  146  22 10   8   71  10  6  30  31  .307  .349  .445  100  212  16           1    
 1926 23 CHC NL 140  508   51  137  27  7   3   51   6     43  42  .270  .327  .368   86  187  18           0    
 1927 24 CHC NL  30   86   12   20   5  0   0   10   0      9  10  .233  .313  .291   62   25   0           1    
 1928 25 TOT NL  69  143   17   35  10  1   1   20   1     10  17  .245  .299  .350   72   50   7           1    
         BRO NL  17   34    6    7   2  0   0    3   0      1   3  .206  .229  .265   29    9   3           0    
         BSN NL  52  109   11   28   8  1   1   17   1      9  14  .257  .319  .376   85   41   4           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      579 1974  224  537  99 25  15  226  32 13 138 161  .272  .322  .370   82  731  58   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        552   63  150  28  7   4   63   9  4  39  45  .272  .322  .370   82  205  16   0   0   2   0
 Career High    140  508   79  150  27 10   8   71  10  6  43  42  .299  .342  .430   94  216  18   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 19 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   108| .000  .295| .000  .352| .000  .410| .000  .762|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1923 20 STL NL  392  275   36   3.5   105| .263  .290| .314  .348| .327  .403| .641  .751|  71  .366 -13.9  -1.4  55%
 1924 21 STL NL  406  288   42   3.9   102| .269  .287| .306  .342| .362  .400| .668  .743|  80  .431 -11.4  -1.1  76%
 1925 22 TOT NL  551  374   74   5.3   116| .299  .303| .342  .361| .430  .432| .772  .793|  94  .515  -6.0  -0.6  62%
         STL NL   28   22    1   1.2   116| .154  .303| .214  .361| .154  .432| .368  .793|  -5  .067  -4.2  -0.4   0%
         CHC NL  523  352   73   5.5   116| .307  .303| .349  .361| .445  .432| .794  .793| 100  .537  -1.8  -0.2  62%
 1926 23 CHC NL  569  389   61   4.2   104| .270  .288| .327  .348| .368  .400| .695  .748|  86  .463 -10.3  -1.0     
 1927 24 CHC NL   96   66    8   3.2   104| .233  .290| .313  .349| .291  .400| .604  .749|  62  .347  -4.2  -0.4     
 1928 25 TOT NL  161  115   15   3.5   106| .245  .285| .299  .349| .350  .405| .649  .754|  72  .358  -5.7  -0.5     
         BRO NL   38   30    2   1.8   108| .206  .289| .229  .354| .265  .411| .494  .764|  29  .141  -3.6  -0.3     
         BSN NL  123   85   13   4.1   105| .257  .284| .319  .348| .376  .404| .695  .751|  85  .428  -2.2  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2176 1508  236   4.2   107| .272  .292| .322  .350| .370  .409| .692  .760|  82  .443 -51.8  -5.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 19 STL NL SS 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 .943 2.50 5.45 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1923 20 STL NL SS 87 193 290 37 42 .929 .939 5.55 5.45 2B 16 33 41 4 10 .949 .959 4.62 5.57 1B 9 47 8 4 5 .932 .989 6.11 10.21 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0 1924 21 STL NL 3B 98 127 171 13 24 .958 .956 3.04 2.81 SS 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.45 1925 22 TOT NL SS 24 48 83 11 14 .923 .942 5.46 5.19 STL NL SS 7 17 27 3 6 .936 .942 6.29 5.19 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.60 CHC NL 3B 96 98 185 27 20 .913 .939 2.95 2.85 SS 17 31 56 8 8 .916 .942 5.12 5.19 1B 7 47 1 1 3 .980 .990 6.86 9.73 1926 23 CHC NL 3B 135 133 242 13 22 .966 .953 2.78 2.81 SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.30 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.30 0 1 0 1927 24 CHC NL 3B 30 22 46 9 3 .883 .944 2.27 2.82 1928 25 TOT NL SS 15 28 33 4 5 .938 .950 4.07 5.22 BRO NL 3B 10 8 9 4 0 .810 .944 1.70 2.96 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 BSN NL SS 14 28 33 4 5 .938 .950 4.36 5.22 2B 11 20 27 4 4 .922 .969 4.27 5.71
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1923 20 STL NL 1B 9 47 8 4 5 .932 .989 6.11 10.21 1925 22 CHC NL 1B 7 47 1 1 3 .980 .990 6.86 9.73 1923 20 STL NL 2B 16 33 41 4 10 .949 .959 4.62 5.57 1925 22 STL NL 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.60 1928 25 BSN NL 2B 11 20 27 4 4 .922 .969 4.27 5.71 1922 19 STL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1923 20 STL NL 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.00 1924 21 STL NL 3B 98 127 171 13 24 .958 .956 3.04 2.81 1925 22 CHC NL 3B 96 98 185 27 20 .913 .939 2.95 2.85 1926 23 CHC NL 3B 135 133 242 13 22 .966 .953 2.78 2.81 1927 24 CHC NL 3B 30 22 46 9 3 .883 .944 2.27 2.82 1928 25 BRO NL 3B 10 8 9 4 0 .810 .944 1.70 2.96 1923 20 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 1 0 0 1926 23 CHC NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.30 0 1 0 1922 19 STL NL SS 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 .943 2.50 5.45 1923 20 STL NL SS 87 193 290 37 42 .929 .939 5.55 5.45 1924 21 STL NL SS 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.45 1925 22 TOT NL SS 24 48 83 11 14 .923 .942 5.46 5.19 STL NL SS 7 17 27 3 6 .936 .942 6.29 5.19 CHC NL SS 17 31 56 8 8 .916 .942 5.12 5.19 1926 23 CHC NL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.30 1928 25 TOT NL SS 15 28 33 4 5 .938 .950 4.07 5.22 BRO NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 BSN NL SS 14 28 33 4 5 .938 .950 4.36 5.22
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 371 388 654 67 69 .940 .949 2.81 2.83 SS 132 273 412 52 62 .929 .941 5.19 5.37 2B 28 55 69 8 14 .939 .963 4.43 5.62 1B 16 94 9 5 8 .954 .989 6.44 10.00 OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.30 1 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 549 812 1144 132 153 .937 .949 3.56 3.79
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1925 NL-16-7

Power/Speed Number
1925 NL-8.9-9

Youngest Player
1922 NL-19-4
1923 NL-20-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 23, 1925: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Mike Gonzalez to the Chicago Cubs for Bob O'Farrell.

October 4, 1927: Drafted by the Brooklyn Robins from the Kansas City (American Association) in the 1927 rule 5 draft.

June 23, 1928: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Brooklyn Robins.

December 6, 1928: Purchased by the Toledo (American Association) from the Boston Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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