What years did Buck Freeman play?

Buck Freeman played in Major League Baseball from 1891 to 1907.

Was Buck Freeman a pitcher?

Both. Buck Freeman pitched in 7 games, going 3-2 with a 4.41 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.

How many home runs did Buck Freeman hit?

Buck Freeman hit 82 career home runs with 1235 hits.

What was Buck Freeman's career batting average?

Buck Freeman batted .293 over his career, with 1,235 hits in 4,208 at bats.

How many RBI did Buck Freeman have?

Buck Freeman drove in 713 runs in his career.

What was Buck Freeman's career ERA?

Buck Freeman finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 3-2 with 28 strikeouts.

Buck Freeman

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1891-1907)

Buck Freeman was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1891 to 1907 for 4 teams, including the Washington Statesmen, a span of 17 seasons. In 1,126 career games, he hit .293 with 1,235 hits, 82 home runs, and 713 RBI. He also pitched in 7 games, going 3-2 with a 4.41 ERA. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 15,546.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .293

HR 82

RBI 713

H 1,235

OPS .808

PIV 15,546

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 169 lb
Born: 10/30/1871 in Catasauqua, PA, USA
Died: 6/25/1949 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1891-06-27
Last Game: 1907-04-20

Full name: John Frank Freeman

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Career Batting Statistics

Buck Freeman — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,126	4,208	588	1,235	199	131	82	713	92	272	388	.293	.346	.462	.808	15,546

Career AVG .293 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +13.1% above league average.

Career OBP .346 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — +8.4% above league average.

Career SLG .462 vs. league average .338 across their career seasons — +36.7% above league average.

Career OPS .808 vs. league average .657 across their career seasons — +22.9% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Buck Freeman (b. 1871) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1891	WS9	AA	5	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
1898	WAS	NL	29	107	19	39	2	3	3	21	2	7	4	.364	.270 (+35%)	.333 (+27%)	.347 (+51%)	.680 (+39%)	672.4
1899	WAS	NL	155	588	107	187	19	25	25	122	21	23	25	.318	.282 (+13%)	.343 (+6%)	.366 (+53%)	.710 (+30%)	3220.5
1900	BSN	NL	117	418	58	126	19	13	6	65	10	25	28	.301	.279 (+8%)	.338 (+5%)	.366 (+23%)	.705 (+15%)	1064.1
1901	BOS	AL	129	490	88	166	23	15	12	114	17	44	30	.339	.271 (+25%)	.326 (+22%)	.359 (+45%)	.686 (+34%)	3198.7
1902	BOS	AL	138	564	75	174	38	19	11	121	17	32	40	.309	.266 (+16%)	.321 (+9%)	.343 (+46%)	.665 (+28%)	2713.9
1903	BOS	AL	141	567	74	163	39	20	13	104	5	30	73	.287	.261 (+10%)	.316 (+3%)	.345 (+43%)	.662 (+24%)	2229.0
1904	BOS	AL	157	597	64	167	20	19	7	84	7	32	90	.280	.246 (+13%)	.300 (+9%)	.321 (+28%)	.622 (+19%)	1894.1
1905	BOS	AL	130	455	59	109	20	8	3	49	8	46	51	.240	.248 (-3%)	.307 (+3%)	.322 (+5%)	.629 (+4%)	360.0
1906	BOS	AL	121	392	42	98	18	9	1	30	5	28	43	.250	.247 (+1%)	.307 (-2%)	.315 (+11%)	.622 (+5%)	193.0
1907	BOS	AL	4	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			1,126	4,208	588	1,235	199	131	82	713	92	272	388	.293	—	—	—	—	15,546

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Buck Freeman — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
3	2	7	4	4	0	0	51.0	50	25	3	36	28	4.41	-277.6

Career ERA 4.41 vs. league average 3.67 across their career seasons — 20.3% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Buck Freeman — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1891	WS9	AA	3	2	5	4	4	44.0	35	19	33	28	3.89	3.52 (-10%)	-277.6
1899	WAS	NL	0	0	2	0	0	7.0	15	6	3	0	7.71	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			3	2	7	4	4	51.0	50	25	36	28	4.41	—	-278

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Buck Freeman — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	32	6	9	0	3	0	4	2	2	.281

Playoff Batting by Year

Buck Freeman — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1903	WS	BOS	8	32	6	9	0	3	0	4	2	2	.281

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Buck Freeman — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	557	2037	317	632	46	379	.310
Away	564	2148	270	598	36	329	.278

Pitching — Home / Away

Buck Freeman — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Away	2	7.0	15	8	3	0	10.29

Last 10 Games — Batting

Buck Freeman — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1907-04-20	BOS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1907-04-15	BOS	PHA	L	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
1907-04-13	BOS	PHA	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1907-04-11	BOS	PHA	W	4	1	1	1	2	2	1
1906-10-06	BOS	NYY	L	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
1906-10-05	BOS	NYY	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
1906-10-03	BOS	MIN	W	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
1906-10-03	BOS	MIN	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1906-10-02	BOS	MIN	W	3	1	2	0	0	1	0
1906-09-30	BOS	SLA	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Buck Freeman — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1899-09-02	WSN	LS3	—	4.0	11	11	7	2	0	3
1899-08-22	WSN	BLN	—	3.0	4	2	1	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Buck Freeman — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	256	106	2446	133	66	96
2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
3B	6	4	7	7	3	1
OF	837	279	1171	76	66	17
P	7	0	0	13	4	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Buck Freeman — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1891	WS9	P	5	0	0	10	3	0
1898	WAS	OF	29	0	39	5	1	2
1899	WAS	OF	155	0	220	14	14	3
1899	WAS	P	2	0	0	3	1	0
1900	BSN	1B	19	0	148	13	5	5
1900	BSN	OF	91	0	130	3	7	1
1901	BOS	1B	128	0	1278	55	36	71
1901	BOS	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1901	BOS	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1902	BOS	OF	138	0	222	15	14	3
1903	BOS	OF	141	0	195	13	15	2
1904	BOS	OF	157	157	216	14	11	4
1905	BOS	1B	66	65	627	30	18	20
1905	BOS	3B	2	2	2	4	2	0
1905	BOS	OF	57	56	68	0	3	0
1906	BOS	1B	43	41	393	35	7	0
1906	BOS	3B	4	2	5	3	1	1
1906	BOS	OF	65	63	74	12	1	2
1907	BOS	OF	3	3	6	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Buck Freeman (b. 1871) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	7
First Base	255
Second Base	1
Third Base	6
Left Field	16
Center Field	4
Right Field	818

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Buck Freeman: the record in brief

Buck Freeman played a first major league game on June 27, 1891 and a last one on April 20, 1907. Club by club, the record runs the Washington Statesmen (1891), the Washington Senators (1898 to 1899), the Boston Beaneaters (1900), and the Boston Americans (1901 to 1907). Freeman is listed as an outfielder at 169 pounds on a 5-foot-9 frame. The bio says Freeman both batted and threw left-handed. Freeman was born on October 30, 1871, in Catasauqua, PA, USA. Freeman's death is recorded on June 25, 1949, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA. Freeman's full given name, per the bio, is John Frank Freeman.

Freeman collected 1,235 hits in 4,208 at bats across 1,126 games, good for a .293 batting average; the totals also include 82 home runs, 713 RBI, and 92 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .346 and the slugging percentage .462, for an OPS of .808.

Frequently Asked Questions about Buck Freeman

What years did Buck Freeman play?: Buck Freeman played in Major League Baseball from 1891 to 1907.
Was Buck Freeman a pitcher?: Both. Buck Freeman pitched in 7 games, going 3-2 with a 4.41 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.
How many home runs did Buck Freeman hit?: Buck Freeman hit 82 career home runs with 1235 hits.
What was Buck Freeman's career batting average?: Buck Freeman batted .293 over his career, with 1,235 hits in 4,208 at bats.
How many RBI did Buck Freeman have?: Buck Freeman drove in 713 runs in his career.
What was Buck Freeman's career ERA?: Buck Freeman finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 3-2 with 28 strikeouts.