MLB / Players

Buck Freeman

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 167 lb
BornJuly 5, 1896 · Mart, TX, USA
MLB debutApril 13, 1921
Final gameJune 10, 1922
Seasons2 (1921–1922)

Chicago Cubs 1921–1922

Percentile snapshot

1921 season — qualified pitchers

G
38
68.5
GS
20
36
W
9
36
L
10
50.5
SV
3
84.7
CG
6
14.4
SHO
0
0
H
189
61.3
ER
81
52.3
BB
70
26.1
SO
42
19.8
HR
12
14.4
IP
177.3
41.4
ERA
4.11
37.8
WHIP
1.461
27.9
K/9
2.13
13.5
FIP
4.72
7.2
FIP-
124.3
1.8
ERA+
92.3
26.1
sWAR
1.1
29.7

of 112 qualified 1921 pitchers (min 153 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.1
48.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1921385853311100232700.208.263.226.49028.530.5.2371.1
192211881110000200.125.125.250.375-20.0-6.2.163-1.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1921382091036018981704212177.34.111.4612.134.72124.392.31.1
19221110110047251010025.78.772.2213.513.7088.947.4-1.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
49
PA
66
AB
61
R
4
H
12
2B
2
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
2
BB
3
SO
29
SB
0
BA
.1967
OBP
.2462
SLG
.2295
OPS
.4757

Pitching

G (P)
49
GS
21
W
9
L
11
SV
4
CG
6
SHO
0
IP
203
SO (P)
52
BB allowed
80
ERA
4.700
WHIP
1.5567
K/9
2.31

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1921-07-16CHC @ LAD Gameday312100003
1921-09-25ATL @ CHC Gameday302000102
1922-04-15CHC @ CIN Gameday111100002
1921-06-07PHI @ CHC Gameday401000101
1921-05-18CHC @ SF Gameday301000001

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1921-09-25ATL @ CHC Gameday8.0520240
1921-06-03LAD @ CHC Gameday9.01233130
1921-06-07PHI @ CHC Gameday9.0966432
1921-08-19CHC @ ATL Gameday8.0633431
1921-08-23CHC @ PHI Gameday8.0711031

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.