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FIRST BASEMAN
Full Name: Frederick Charles Freeman
MANAGER & STAFF Height: 6-5 Weight: 220
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
DOB: September 12, 1989
Opening Day Age: 31
Born: Villa Park, CA
Resides: Atlanta, GA
MLB Debut: September 1, 2010 MLB Service Time: 10.033
Acquired: Braves’ second-round pick (78th overall) in 2007
FREDDIE FREEMAN 2020 CAREER HIGHS
Contract Status: Signed through 2021

• Awards: BBWAA N.L. MVP (2020), Louisville
Slugger Silver Slugger (1B), All-MLB First Team (1B),
Hank Aaron Award (N.L.), Players Choice Player of Most Runs
the Year, Players Choice N.L. Outstanding Player, 4, 6/28/14, ATL at PHI
SEASON IN REVIEW America MLB Player of the Year, Baseball America Most Hits
Baseball Digest MLB Player of the Year, Baseball
5, 5/10/18, ATL at MIA
All-MLB First Team (1B), N.L. Player of the Month
(9/20).
Most Doubles
• Is the seventh Braves player to receive
N.L. MVP honors, joining 3B Chipper 3, 2x, last: 9/28/18, ATL at PHI
Jones (1999), 3B Terry Pendleton (1991), Most Triples
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Aaron (1957), 3B Bob Elliott (1947) and Most Home Runs
1, 23x, last: 8/9/20[1], ATL at PHI
OF Dale Murphy (1982-83), OF Hank
2B Johnny Evers (1914)…The BBWAA has
2, 17x, last: 9/10/20, ATL vs. WSH
awarded MLB’s MVP since 1931…When
Evers received his recognition, the official
award was known as the Chalmers Award.
6, 9/9/20, ATL vs. MIA
• Received 28 of the 30 first-place votes, Most RBI
finishing with 410 points, 142 more than Most Walks
BRAVES HISTORY the other two first-place votes…Freeman Most Stolen Bases
4, 7/27/19, ATL at PHI
runner-up Mookie Betts, who garnered
previously finished in the top eight of N.L.
1, 45x, last: 9/24/20, ATL vs. MIA
MVP voting four times, including as high
as fourth in 2018.
• Is the first player at his position to win the Longest Hitting Streak
30 games, 8/24-9/28/16
N.L. MVP since the Reds’ Joey Votto in
2010…Only two other first baseman have
OPPONENTS Pujols was honored three times in a five- • With a league-leading 23 doubles, passed
won N.L. MVP awards this century…Albert
Andruw Jones (330) and Eddie Mathews
year span (2005, 2008-09), while Ryan
Howard won in 2006. (338) on the franchise's doubles list...Has
342 in his career, third most in franchise
• N.L. Ranks: fWAR (3.4, 1st), doubles (23, 1st), runs
(51, 1st), extra-base hits (37, 1st), batting average history…Since Freeman entered the
(.341, 2nd), on-base % (.462, 2nd), slugging % league in 2010, his 342 doubles are third
most in baseball...Only Robinson Canó
MISCELLANEOUS 116 2021 ATLANTA BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE (372) and Nick Markakis (353) have more
(.640, 2nd), OPS (1.102, 2nd), WPA (2.7, 2nd), RBI
(53, 2nd), total bases (137, 2nd), hits (73, 3rd),
in this time.
walks (45, 3rd).