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FREDDIE FREEMAN
FRONT OFFICE • Started the season 8-for-42 (.190) before he was • Eddie Mathews holds the record with 15
straight at third base from 1952-1966,
given a day off from the starting lineup on 8/5...
while Andruw Jones started 10 straight in
Since the following day, Freeman hit .378 (65-for-
172) with 12 home runs, 46 RBI, a .490 on-base
center field from 1998-2007.
percentage and a 1.211 OPS in 47 games...He • Since the organization moved to Atlanta
struck out just 25 times over that stretch. in 1966, only Chipper Jones (13 at 3B) and
• Hit his first career grand slam in the fourth inning Andruw Jones (10 in CF) have started at
MANAGER & STAFF Nationals' Tanner Rainey. • Among N.L. players, only St. Louis’ Yadier
least 10 Opening Days at a single position.
of Game 2 of a doubleheader on 9/4 off the
Molina (16) and Cincinnati’s Joey Votto
• The slam came in his 105th career plate
appearance with the bases loaded…Since
(12) have started more consecutive
Freeman entered the league in 2010, 55
than Freeman...In the A.L., only Texas’
players across baseball had at least 105 Opening Days with their current team
plate appearances with the bases loaded Elvis Andrus (12) has a longer active
streak.
and all except Freeman had hit at least
FREDDIE FREEMAN • Hit his second career grand slam two days 2020 Postseason
one grand slam.
later, on 9/6, also against Washington...
• In 12 postseason games, batted .279/.415/.488
He is just the second player in Atlanta
franchise history (since 1966) to hit two (12-for-43) with three doubles, two home runs,
seven RBI and nine runs scored…Drew more
walks (8) than strikeouts (6).
grand slams in a single series, and the first • Began the postseason with one hit in his first
to do so in separate games...Pitcher Tony
SEASON IN REVIEW • Hit a walk-off home run on 9/25 vs. Boston in the 15 at-bats, a stretch that covered parts of five
Cloninger hit slams in both the first and
fourth innings on 7/3/66 at San Francisco.
games…His only hit in that time was a game-
ending single in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series
11th inning, his 11th career walk-off, including his
against Cincinnati…In a scoreless game in the
fifth game-ending homer...Freeman did not start
Garrett into centerfield to score Christian Pache.
the game...He came on as a pinch-hitter in the 13th inning, drove a 1-2 pitch from LH Amir
ninth inning and drew a walk.
• He was the ninth player in Braves history
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • In Atlanta’s record-setting 29-run outburst on to record a walk-off RBI in a postseason
9/9 against Miami, he drove in a single-game
game, and the first since Rafael Furcal in
career-best six runs…He went 3-for-6, falling a
Game 2 of the 2004 NLDS vs. Houston…
Furcal hit a two-run homer in the 11th
triple shy of the cycle…Hit an RBI single in the
second inning, a two-run homer in the third
inning to beat the Astros, 4-2.
inning and a three-run double in the fourth
inning. • It was the latest in a postseason game,
by innings played, a Braves player has
• Went 4-for-5 with a double, home run and three ever had a walk-off RBI…Previously, Mark
BRAVES HISTORY Tampa Bay on 7/29...According to the Elias Sports • Freeman’s hit produced the first 1-0 walk-
RBI in Atlanta's home opener, a 7-4 victory over
Lemke hit a 12th-inning single in Game 3
of the 1991 World Series.
Bureau, Freeman became only the third Braves
player with four hits in a home opener since
the team moved to Atlanta in 1966, joining Fred off win in Braves postseason history…The
last team to walk off by that score in the
McGriff (4 in 1995) and Brian McCann (4 in 2012). playoffs was the 2013 Oakland Athletics,
• Made his 10th consecutive Opening Day start, when they beat the Detroit Tigers in
which extends his modern era franchise record Game 2 of the ALDS…Stephen Vogt had a
OPPONENTS (since 1900) for a first baseman...Fred Tenney • His other 11 hits in the postseason came in a
single in the ninth inning to plate the run.
held the previous record, starting eight straight
Opening Days at first base from 1900-07...
Overall, since 1900, only Tenney has started even seven-game stretch, spanning Game 3 of the
Division Series through Game 6 of the League
nine Opening Days at first base for the franchise. Championship Series…Had a hit in each of those
• Freeman is just the third player in the seven games for a career-best postseason hitting
franchise’s modern era to start 10 streak…Hit .423/.500/.769 (11-for-26) in those
MISCELLANEOUS 118 position. had no such hits in his other five games.
consecutive Opening Days at a single
games with five extra-base hits (3 2B, 2 HR)…He
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