Geoff Freeborn
From BR Bullpen
Geoff Freeborn
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.
- Born January 30, 1981 in Red Deer, AB Canada
Geoff Freeborn has bounced around the baseball globe. While attending a US college, the Canadian native became involved in Britain's baseball program. In the 2001 European Championship, Geoff was 1-1 with a 7.00 ERA, allowing 9 walks and 10 hits in 10 innings; his win came against the German national team. He was two for 18 at the plate with 3 runs. In the 2003 European Championship, Freeborn gave up six runs in five innings in a loss to a Greek national team loaded with US imports.
In 2005, Freeborn pitched in France's Division Elite. In the 2005 European Championship, the 24-year-old southpaw tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings to beat Croatia and shut out Italy for an inning. He was 0 for 13 at the plate in the tournament.
Geoff began his minor league baseball career in 2006 with the Calgary Vipers of his hometown; he went 2-1 with a save and a 4.97 ERA; a LOOGY, he logged 25 1/3 innings in 37 appearances on the hill. He spent that winter playing baseball in Australia, his 5th baseball country. In 2007, he was back with Calgary, going 6-2 with two saves and a 4.25 ERA in 42 outings.
Freeborn pitched four games in the 2007 European Championship, allowing only one run in 6 1/3 innings and picking up the win against France. Freeborn slumped for the 2008 Vipers, going 3-1 with a save and a 7.36 ERA in 18 games; he surrendered 17 hits in 11 innings.
Freeborn joined the Mannheim Tornados in Germany (a 6th country), going 1-3 with a 4.02 ERA in five outings and going 8 for 19 at the plate with a double, a walk, 8 runs and 5 RBI.
