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David Freese

David Richard Freese (twitter: @dfreese23)

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 28, 1983 in Corpus Christi, TX
High School: Lafayette HS (Wildwood, MO)
Schools: Saint Louis Community College, Meramec Campus (Kirkwood, MO), University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 9th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2009
Team: Cardinals 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$508k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.028, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2006	23	SDP-min	A,A-	71	301	262	46	83	21	3	13	70	1	1	28	56	.317	.395	.569	.964		149	4	8	0	3	1		FWA,EUG · MIDW,NORW
2007	24	SDP-min	A+	128	592	503	104	152	31	6	17	96	6	1	69	99	.302	.400	.489	.889		246	11	16	0	4	0		LEL · CALL
2008	25	STL-min	AAA	131	510	464	83	142	29	3	26	91	5	2	39	111	.306	.361	.550	.910		255	11	3	0	4	0		MEM · PCL
2009	26	STL-min	AAA,AA,Rk	64	255	227	39	71	18	0	12	48	1	0	25	56	.313	.380	.551	.931		125	11	1	0	2	1		MEM,SPD,CDS · PCL,TL,GULF
2009	26	STL	NL	17	34	31	3	10	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	7	.323	.353	.484	.837	121	15	1	0	0	1	0	/532
2010	27	STL-min	AA	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667		2	0	0	0	0	0		SPD · TL
2010	27	STL	NL	70	270	240	28	71	12	1	4	36	1	1	21	59	.296	.361	.404	.765	109	97	7	4	4	1	0	5/3
2011	28	STL-min	AAA	4	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.308	.593		4	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2011	28	STL	NL	97	363	333	41	99	16	1	10	55	1	0	24	75	.297	.350	.441	.791	118	147	18	4	0	2	0	5/3
2012	29	STL	NL	44	178	163	23	44	7	1	10	33	0	0	13	44	.270	.326	.509	.835	126	83	8	1	0	1	0	*5
4 Yrs				228	845	767	95	224	37	3	25	131	2	1	60	185	.292	.348	.446	.794	117	342	34	9	4	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	600	545	68	159	26	2	18	93	1	1	43	131	.292	.348	.446	.794	117	243	24	6	3	4	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2009	26	STL	NL	17	34	1	-0	-0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$400,000	/532
2010	27	STL	NL	70	270	3	0	-0	-5	1	-1	-0.1	7	6	0.6	.498	.499	1.1	-0.4	11	$400,000	5/3
2011	28	STL	NL	97	363	8	-0	-2	-1	1	5	0.6	10	15	1.6	.506	.503	1.7	0.0	16	$416,000	5/3
2012	29	STL	NL	44	178	5	-1	-1	-3	0	1	0.2	5	6	0.6	.502	.501	0.9	-0.2	9	$	*5
4 Seasons				228	845	17	-1	-4	-10	2	4	0.5	23	27	2.8	.502	.501	3.8	-0.8	37	$1,216,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2009	26	STL	NL	34	23	5	5.8	105	.375	.323	.263	.353	.336	.484	.418	.837	.755	121	.587	1.0	0.1	.773	.226	.161	.0
2010	27	STL	NL	270	182	35	5.1	100	.376	.296	.258	.361	.328	.404	.407	.765	.735	109	.553	3.6	0.4	.689	.196	.108	1.6
2011	28	STL	NL	363	254	47	5.0	97	.356	.297	.258	.350	.325	.441	.402	.791	.727	118	.552	7.7	0.8	.698	.219	.144	1.8
2012	29	STL	NL	178	128	24	5.0	99	.309	.270	.257	.326	.325	.509	.406	.835	.731	126	.550	5.1	0.5	.764	.319	.239	.0
4 Yrs				845	587	111	5.1	99	.354	.292	.258	.348	.326	.446	.405	.794	.731	117	.553	17.4	1.7	.713	.233	.154	3.7
162 Game Avg.				600	417	79	5.1	99	.354	.292	.258	.348	.326	.446	.405	.794	.731	117	.553	12	1	.713	.233	.154	3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	IBB
2011	28	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	5	18	18	1	5	2	0	1	5	0	9	.278	.278	.556	.833	10	0	0	0
2011	28	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	6	25	22	7	12	3	0	3	9	2	2	.545	.600	1.091	1.691	24	2	1	0
2011	28	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	7	28	23	4	8	3	1	1	7	5	3	.348	.464	.696	1.160	16	1	0	1
1 Yr (3 Series)							18	71	63	12	25	8	1	5	21	7	14	.397	.465	.794	1.258	50	3	1	1
1 NLDS							5	18	18	1	5	2	0	1	5	0	9	.278	.278	.556	.833	10	0	0	0
1 NLCS							6	25	22	7	12	3	0	3	9	2	2	.545	.600	1.091	1.691	24	2	1	0
1 WS							7	28	23	4	8	3	1	1	7	5	3	.348	.464	.696	1.160	16	1	0	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	26	STL	NL	34	2.9%	20.6%	5.9%	8.8%	30%	3.50	4.4	31.0	4.4	0.79	1.00	71%	16%	7.7%	7%
2010	27	STL	NL	270	1.5%	21.9%	7.8%	6.3%	24%	2.81	4.1	60.0	6.7	1.00	1.52	66%	23%	4.6%	4%
2011	28	STL	NL	363	2.8%	20.7%	6.6%	7.4%	27%	3.13	4.4	33.3	6.1	1.13	2.25	69%	22%	8.4%	2%
2012	29	STL	NL	178	5.6%	24.7%	7.3%	10.1%	41%	3.38	3.7	16.3	4.9	0.88	1.33	62%	21%	16.4%	5%
4 Yrs				845	3.0%	21.9%	7.1%	7.7%	29%	3.08	4.1	30.7	5.9	1.02	1.72	67%	22%	8.9%	4%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	35.0	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	26	STL	NL	1.0	0.1	34	0.2	0.7	-0.6	1.02	0.0	0.1	-1.5	-0.1	1.16	1.2	0.86	7
2010	27	STL	NL	3.6	0.4	275	-0.7	4.6	-5.3	1.05	0.3	-0.9	4.2	0.4	1.00	3.5	1.76	4
2011	28	STL	NL	9.1	0.9	368	0.7	7.6	-7.0	1.08	0.8	-0.2	10.6	1.1	1.06	8.7	1.68	9
2012	29	STL	NL	5.1	0.5	179	0.1	3.7	-3.6	1.04	0.8	-0.7	3.8	0.4	1.02	7.8	3.49	3
4 Yrs				18.8	1.9	856	0.3	16.7	-16.4	1.06	1.9	-1.7	17.2	1.7	1.04	21.1	1.68	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	26	STL	NL	0	18%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2010	27	STL	NL	1	26%	112	1	1	50%	1	1	1	0	5	36%	17	12	5	1	1	0	4	1	3
2011	28	STL	NL	2	27%	120	1	0	100%	1	0	1	3	4	37%	26	19	7	4	4	0	13	4	9
2012	29	STL	NL	1	27%	58	0	0		0	0	0	4	1	35%	9	7	2	4	2	1	4	1	3
4 Yrs				4	26%	310	2	1	67%	2	1	2	7	10	36%	52	38	14	9	7	1	22	7	15

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	26	STL	NL	34	56%	10	2	0	7	2	0	1	0.86	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	1	9%	7	1	14%	32	6	19%	8	4	50%	1	0	0%	0
2010	27	STL	NL	270	29%	71	7	0	4	1	0	0	1.76	4	0	10	3	1	3	1	0	4	4	100%	48	7	15%	28	9	32%	184	33	18%	13	8	62%	10	6	60%	0
2011	28	STL	NL	363	23%	99	9	0	9	3	0	0	1.68	10	0	10	7	3	6	4	0	0	0		81	18	22%	35	13	37%	256	49	19%	19	14	74%	18	10	56%	0
2012	29	STL	NL	178	20%	44	5	0	3	0	0	0	3.49	10	0	5	9	1	4	6	0	0	0		30	8	27%	15	4	27%	136	24	18%	13	5	38%	6	3	50%	0
4 Yrs				845	26%	224	23	0	23	6	0	1	1.68	25	0	29	20	5	13	12	0	4	4	100%	170	34	20%	85	27	32%	608	112	18%	53	31	58%	35	19	54%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	26	STL	NL	34	124	3.65	73	59%	25%	16%	25%	34%	75%	0%	44%	78%	21%	9%	3	1	26%	9	3	6%	2	1	14%	0	0	0
2010	27	STL	NL	272	1027	3.78	635	62%	27%	19%	24%	29%	73%	0%	45%	74%	25%	3%	8	0	12%	32	18	10%	27	17	29%	-2	0	0
2011	28	STL	NL	363	1461	4.02	924	63%	27%	16%	28%	28%	73%	0%	46%	78%	23%	2%	9	0	13%	48	26	7%	27	18	17%	0	0	0
2012	29	STL	NL	178	669	3.76	424	63%	25%	20%	27%	28%	75%	0%	47%	74%	35%	3%	6	0	15%	26	12	7%	12	5	25%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				847	3281	3.87	2056	63%	27%	18%	27%	29%	73%	0%	46%	76%	26%	3%	26	1	14%	115	59	8%	68	41	23%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2009	26	17	34	31	3	10	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	7	.323	.353	.484	.837	121	15	1	0	0	1
2010	27	87	304	271	31	81	14	1	5	43	1	1	23	66	.299	.360	.413	.773	111	112	8	4	4	2
2011	28	184	667	604	72	180	30	2	15	98	2	1	47	141	.298	.354	.429	.783	114	259	26	8	4	4
2012	29	228	845	767	95	224	37	3	25	131	2	1	60	185	.292	.348	.446	.794	117	342	34	9	4	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	26	17	35	32	3	11	2	0	1	8	0	2	7	.344	.371	.500	.871	6	17
2010	27	70	273	242	29	73	12	1	4	38	1	22	59	.302	.368	.409	.777	36	70
2011	28	97	369	338	45	104	17	1	11	60	1	25	75	.308	.360	.462	.822	55	97
2012	29	44	181	165	25	46	7	1	10	36	0	14	44	.279	.337	.515	.852	29	44
4 Yrs		228	858	777	102	234	38	3	26	142	2	63	185	.301	.358	.458	.816	126	228
162 Game Avg.		162	610	552	72	166	27	2	18	101	1	45	131	.301	.358	.458	.816	90	228

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AB per HR s c a p y 2012 NL 16.3 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1537), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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