sentences:  Tebbetts then used Freeman in relief for 54, 64 and 52 games during the seasons of 1955 through 1957, and Freeman responded by compiling a won–lost record of 28–11 with the Redlegs, with 37 saves and an earned run average of 3.33.In , he was second in the National League in games pitched, and led the NL in games finished, as Cincinnati finished a strong third in the standings, only two games behind the pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers.Freeman finished 13th in the balloting for NL Most Valuable Player that season.