Freeman played
college baseball and
college football at
Western State Normal School, now
Western Michigan University, and was signed by
Connie Mack of the
Philadelphia Athletics in 1921. During 1921, his only
major league season, Freeman pitched in 18 games (four starts) with the Athletics. He compiled a 1–4
win–loss record with a 7.69
earned run average (ERA) and five strikeouts in 48
innings pitched. Freeman had a .083
batting average (1-for-12), while defensively he made no
errors in 19
total chances for a 1.000
fielding percentage. In May 1922, the Athletics sent Freeman to the
minor league Portland Beavers of the
Pacific Coast League as part of a multi-player trade. Freeman went on to coach multiple sports at St. Augustine High School in
Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1925 to 1954, Freeman was inducted to the hall of fame of the Michigan High School Coaches Association in 1965. He was married, with two daughters and a son, and died in January 1970 in Kalamazoo. ==References==