Freddie Freeman | |||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 5 | |||||||||||||||
First baseman | |||||||||||||||
Born: Fountain Valley, California, U.S. | September 12, 1989|||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
September 1, 2010, for the Atlanta Braves | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .300 | ||||||||||||||
Hits | 2,267 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 343 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 1,232 | ||||||||||||||
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Frederick Charles Freeman (born September 12, 1989) is a Canadian and American professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Freeman made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2010 and played with them for 12 seasons. After the Braves won the 2021 World Series over the Houston Astros, Freeman entered free agency and signed a six-year, $162 million contract with the Dodgers.
An eight-time MLB All-Star and two-time World Series champion, Freeman won a Gold Glove Award in 2018; the Silver Slugger Award in 2019, 2020, and 2021; and the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 2020. In 2024, he won World Series MVP after setting a record for consecutive World Series games with a home run, including the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history.[1]
In international competition, Freeman plays on the Canadian national team.