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David Freese

David Richard Freese

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 (Wildwood, MO)
Schools: St. Louis CC-Meramec, University of South Alabama
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   vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Cardinals 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$416k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.028, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby… 

Standard Batting

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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
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 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 NL 97 363 333 41 99 16 1 10 55 1 0 24 75 .297 .350 .441 .791 120 147 18 4 0 2 0 5/3
3 Seasons 184 667 604 72 180 30 2 15 98 2 1 47 141 .298 .354 .429 .783 116 259 26 8 4 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 587 532 63 158 26 2 13 86 2 1 41 124 .298 .354 .429 .783 116 228 23 7 4 4 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 26 STL NL 34 1 -0 -0 -0 0 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $400,000 /532
2010 27 STL NL 270 4 0 -1 -1 5 1 8 15 1.6 10 1.1 0.5 $400,000 5/3
2011 28 STL NL 363 9 -1 -2 -3 2 1 10 17 1.8 15 1.6 0.2 $416,000 5/3
3 Seasons 667 14 -0 -3 -4 7 2 19 34 3.6 27 2.8 0.8 $1,216,000

Postseason Batting

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
2009 STL NL 26 3B 7 11 6 5 0 1 1.000 0 -1 1.57 .957 2.54
2009 STL NL 26 1B 3 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.33 .993 9.20
2009 STL NL 26 C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 7.70 0 1 0 0%
2010 STL NL 27 3B 66 179 31 139 9 22 .950 4 -2 2.58 .951 2.52
2010 STL NL 27 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 .993 9.10
2011 STL NL 28 3B 88 87 39 674.0 204 33 159 12 23 .941 2 -1 4 -2 2.56 2.18 .954 2.53 2.53
2011 STL NL 28 1B 5 1 0 14.0 8 8 0 0 2 1.000 -1 -1 -44 -86 5.14 1.60 .994 9.32 9.32
3 Seasons 3B 161 87 39 674.0 394 70 303 21 46 .947 7 -4 12 -7 2.56 2.32 .953 2.53 2.53
3 Seasons 1B 9 1 0 14.0 18 18 0 0 3 1.000 -0 -1 -9 -85 5.14 2.00 .993 9.32 9.26
1 Season C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 7.70 0 1 0 0%
3 Seasons TOT 171 88 39 688.0 413 89 303 21 49 .949 7 -5 12 -8 2.62 2.29 .955 2.67 2.91 0 1 0 0%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2011 NL NLCS MVP
2011 ML WS MVP

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2011 NL  18 (9th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2010 NL  4 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jon Jay (946)
  6. Luis Gonzalez (941)
  7. Bert Griffith (940)
  8. Bill Boyd (938)
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  10. Danny Clark (937)
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  6. Bert Griffith (940)
  7. Lyle Mouton (938)
  8. Mike Kreevich (938)
  9. Joe Grace (938)
  10. Sean Berry (938)
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200926St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
201027St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
201128St. Louis Cardinals$416,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,216,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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