David Richard Freese was born on April 28,1983 and is an American former professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball.
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54 Facts About David Freese
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David Freese began his MLB career with the St Louis Cardinals, where he was a key player during the 2011 postseason, batting.
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David Freese set an MLB postseason record of 21 runs batted in, earning the NLCS MVP Award and World Series MVP Award.
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David Freese played for the Los Angeles Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Star high school player, David Freese declined a college baseball scholarship from the University of Missouri.
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David Freese made his MLB debut on Opening Day 2009 due to an injury to starting third baseman Troy Glaus.
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David Freese authored a 20-game hitting streak in 2013, but back injuries limited his effectiveness, and the Cardinals traded him to the Angels following the season.
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David Freese played for the Angels for two seasons before signing with the Pirates in March 2016.
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David Freese attended Lafayette High School in Wildwood, and played for the school's baseball team as a shortstop.
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David Freese was considered to be the best shortstop in the state.
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David Freese enrolled at Missouri and studied computer science, while joining the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
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David Freese asked Tony Dattoli, the coach at St Louis Community College–Meramec, for a roster spot.
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David Freese won the SBC batting title and led the conference in RBIs.
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David Freese tied for ninth in Division I in RBIs, was 12th in average and just missed the top 10 in runs scored.
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David Freese made the All-Conference team at third base and was named SBC Player of the Year.
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David Freese was named an American Baseball Coaches Association All-American as the top third baseman in NCAA Division I, ahead of Evan Longoria and Pedro Alvarez, among others.
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Kittrell considers David Freese to be the best player he coached at South Alabama, where he coached Lind, Luis Gonzalez, and Juan Pierre.
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David Freese signed with the Padres and played for the Eugene Emeralds of the Class-A Short Season Northwest League, Fort Wayne Wizards of the Class-A Midwest League, and Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class-A Advanced California League in the San Diego farm system in 2006 and 2007.
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David Freese ranked seventh in the California League in OBP, seventh in RBIs and tied with Tony Granadillo for third in runs.
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David Freese spent the season with the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, where he batted.
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David Freese emerged as a potential starter when an injury seemed likely to put Cardinals starting third baseman Troy Glaus on the disabled list at the beginning of the 2009 season.
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David Freese made his MLB debut on Opening Day of the 2009 season, coming off the bench and hitting a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the Cardinals' home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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David Freese was expected to be the team's starting third baseman, but was quickly passed over by Brian Barden and Joe Thurston.
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David Freese was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on April 20,2009 to make room for newly acquired reliever Blaine Boyer.
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David Freese later had surgery to repair a left ankle injury that hampered him during spring training.
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David Freese was recalled in the September call-up on September 23,2009.
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David Freese played only 17 games for the Cardinals in 2009, in addition to 56 games for Triple-A Memphis.
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David Freese began the 2010 season as the Cardinals' starting third baseman.
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David Freese was projected to start the 2011 season, and he was named the starter on Opening Day, despite suffering minor ailments during spring training.
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David Freese recorded hits in eight of the final nine regular-season games.
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David Freese credited his improvement in power hitting to hitting coach Mark McGwire, who helped him refine his stroke.
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David Freese joined Jim Edmonds, the man for whom he was traded, as the only players in Cardinals history to hit an extra-inning walk-off home run in the postseason.
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David Freese joined Aaron Boone, David Ortiz and Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk and Kirby Puckett as the only players to hit an extra-inning walk-off home run when their team was facing postseason elimination.
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David Freese gave the fan an autographed bat and a baseball signed by the Cardinals, for returning the walk-off home run ball.
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In Game 7 of the World Series, David Freese hit a two-run double in the bottom of the first inning, bringing his 2011 postseason RBI total to 21, an MLB record.
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David Freese became the sixth player to win the LCS and World Series MVP awards in the same year.
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David Freese won the All-Star Final Vote in 2012, joining the All-Star roster with teammates Lance Lynn, Carlos Beltran, Rafael Furcal, and Yadier Molina for the National League in the 2012 MLB All-Star Game.
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David Freese made history on June 1,2012 by striking out to end Johan Santana's no-hitter, the first in the history of the New York Mets.
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However, on 17 May, David Freese began a twenty-game hitting streak, the longest of any MLB player to that point in the 2013 season.
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David Freese hit a home run against the Kansas City Royals in the first game of the 2014 American League Division Series for his 24th postseason extra-base hit and 30th RBI.
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David Freese entered the 2015 season as the Angels everyday third baseman, and hit.
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David Freese hit a leadoff home run in Game Six of the 2018 National League Championship Series.
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David Freese started at first base in Game One of the 2018 World Series.
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David Freese hit another leadoff home run in Game Five, which turned out to be the only run of the game as the Dodgers lost the game and the series.
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David Freese is of German descent, the Freese family originally hailing from Westerkappeln, Westphalia.
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In November 2002, David Freese was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol near Wildwood, and received probation under a plea bargain.
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David Freese was charged with public intoxication and obstructing a police officer in Lake Elsinore, California, in 2007.
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David Freese crashed his Range Rover SUV into a tree in Wildwood, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis, on November 22,2012.
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In June 2013, David Freese signed a three-year deal to endorse and serve as spokesman for Imo's Pizza, a Midwestern pizza chain headquartered in the St Louis area.
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