David Freese
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 213LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 9, #273, San Diego Padres | South Alabama
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 503 426 44 112 10 0 .263 .368 .371 .739
2018 312 280 38 83 11 0 .296 .359 .471 .830
2019 186 162 35 51 11 0 .315 .403 .599 1.002
11 Seasons 4,229 3,758 481 1,041 113 8 .277 .351 .423 .774
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .263 10 0 .739
2018 .296 11 0 .830
2019 .315 11 0 1.002
11 Seasons .277 113 8 .774
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 32 1842 320 23 7.2 4.9 89.0 114.1 6.4 29.7 .250 .423 .325 .328 .389 38.4 22.8 6.6
2016 33 2062 295 24 8.1 4.9 91.0 111.2 2.2 31.2 .246 .408 .334 .324 .416 48.5 28.9 9.1
2017 34 2076 314 20 6.4 4.0 88.9 110.2 3.1 31.2 .258 .395 .326 .341 .389 42.9 23.1 11.5
2018 35 1271 211 19 9.0 6.1 90.3 110.9 7.3 34.6 .282 .479 .357 .359 .438 45.0 23.1 7.7
2019 36 748 118 18 15.3 9.7 91.5 110.0 11.0 36.4 .285 .529 .415 .384 .466 50.4 23.7 12.4
Player 7999 1258 104 8.3 5.3 89.9 114.1 5.2 31.9 .259 .431 .341 .341 .411 44.1 24.5 9.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 55.0 15.0 25.6 4.4 31.6 38.4 29.4 2.8 42.8 15.3 22.8 6.9 7.2 4.9
2016 61.7 12.9 24.4 1.0 30.8 42.0 26.4 2.0 47.1 6.8 25.4 6.8 8.1 4.9
2017 58.0 16.9 22.9 2.2 19.4 48.1 32.2 5.4 43.6 12.7 26.8 4.5 6.4 4.0
2018 52.6 20.4 23.7 3.3 31.8 38.4 29.9 0.9 39.8 13.3 28.0 8.5 9.0 6.1
2019 44.1 23.7 28.8 3.4 28.8 30.5 40.7 3.4 31.4 16.9 29.7 2.5 15.3 9.7
Player 55.9 16.7 24.6 2.8 28.1 40.9 30.5 3.0 42.4 12.5 25.9 6.1 8.3 5.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 5 262 35.0 62 .280 .560 .420 23.0 25.8 23.2 .274 .531 .403 58.8
2019 Sinker 0.5 1 130 17.4 33 .321 .500 .406 16.1 9.1 10.7 .303 .484 .388 52.0
2019 Slider 3.5 4 111 14.8 26 .409 .864 .560 50.0 38.5 23.3 .293 .631 .428 66.7
2019 Curveball -1.8 -2 97 13.0 22 .273 .455 .311 22.7 18.2 13.8 .279 .481 .321 55.6
2019 Changeup -0.1 0 61 8.2 17 .188 .438 .285 40.0 29.4 20.8 .198 .376 .264 18.2
2019 Cutter 8.5 5 56 7.5 20 .421 .895 .558 33.3 20.0 20.0 .348 .682 .439 33.3
2019 Split-Finger -2.7 0 11 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 16.7 .220 .234 .198 100.0
2019 Sweeper -1.0 0 7 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 9 441 34.7 115 .330 .600 .429 16.1 17.4 14.8 .358 .636 .455 50.6
2018 Sinker 1.4 4 269 21.2 66 .356 .508 .410 13.3 13.6 19.1 .286 .464 .364 44.0
2018 Slider -0.4 -1 193 15.2 40 .229 .314 .278 36.6 27.5 16.2 .249 .478 .347 40.0
2018 Curveball 0.4 1 146 11.5 32 .258 .355 .280 30.6 34.4 20.4 .191 .293 .223 40.0
2018 Cutter -0.1 0 97 7.6 19 .294 .353 .387 25.0 15.8 12.0 .354 .454 .386 60.0
2018 Changeup 2.7 3 97 7.6 28 .296 .519 .372 36.0 39.3 31.4 .192 .326 .238 25.0
2018 Split-Finger -8.4 -2 23 1.8 8 .000 .000 .000 66.7 62.5 45.5 .015 .038 .023 0.0
2018 Sweeper -27.5 -1 2 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Screwball -29.1 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .218 .255 .196 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 6 768 37.0 185 .302 .430 .385 23.3 23.2 17.6 .291 .459 .396 53.7
2017 Sinker -0.2 -1 489 23.6 126 .288 .317 .346 12.1 11.9 13.8 .270 .324 .331 36.7
2017 Slider -1.7 -5 306 14.7 65 .167 .367 .262 32.1 30.8 20.0 .223 .445 .322 31.7
2017 Curveball 0.7 1 181 8.7 37 .219 .313 .295 24.6 27.0 17.2 .205 .312 .284 31.8
2017 Changeup 2.6 4 165 7.9 42 .282 .487 .355 28.0 31.0 19.7 .308 .525 .374 50.0
2017 Cutter 1.3 1 106 5.1 27 .308 .346 .372 15.9 14.8 11.8 .218 .307 .244 45.5
2017 Split-Finger -3.9 -1 31 1.5 9 .111 .111 .100 47.1 66.7 35.3 .038 .040 .034 0.0
2017 Slurve -6.8 0 6 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sweeper 10.1 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 34 122 -2 -2 2 0 -1
2010 269 1,020 -5 1 6 3 5
2011 432 1,728 -4 11 9 8 24
2012 616 2,411 -4 2 12 10 20
2013 582 2,280 -11 -15 13 11 -2
2014 522 2,026 1 -11 6 10 6
2015 468 1,840 -2 -10 9 7 4
2016 490 2,056 -5 -11 11 9 4
2017 493 2,056 -9 -12 13 13 5
2018 337 1,360 0 -3 11 7 15
2019 193 775 8 -4 7 3 13
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,842 48.4 62.7 85.1 28.9 58.9 40.0 25.3 45.3 23.5 8.1 66.4
2016 2,062 48.2 62.9 80.5 27.2 54.3 41.8 22.4 44.4 27.8 7.6 72.0
2017 2,076 50.8 61.7 82.0 24.1 64.3 44.0 21.3 43.4 23.2 6.8 72.7
2018 1,271 50.5 62.6 81.0 22.8 60.8 43.4 24.8 42.8 24.3 6.1 71.8
2019 748 48.5 63.1 78.9 27.7 54.7 41.3 24.7 44.8 28.7 7.5 62.5
Player 7,999 49.3 62.5 81.9 26.2 58.7 42.2 23.4 44.1 25.2 7.3 69.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 63 42 65 66 51 61 67 57 96 66 22 41 35 52 46
2016 48 32 41 46 57 49 65 84 81 97 9 63 23 60 52 70
2017 65 47 29 26 87 44 50 71 77 86 28 80 50 71 31 87
2018 79 41 20
2019 71 24
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.0 13 10.4 3 9 10 3 23.1
2017 22.1 10 8.8 1 10 8 2 20.0
2018 20.8 13 16.4 -3 4 15 5 38.5
2019 21.7 11 9.3 2 5 8 4 36.4
Player 21.6 47 44.9 2 28 41 14 29.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 13 10 9 16 8 8 10 13 9 6 7 17 9 9 9 12 4 9 10 12 10 6 19 17 10 8 11 16 12 11 5
2017 10 6 10 10 7 7 9 9 5 7 7 13 11 9 7 11 7 7 9 6 11 10 14 11 11 7 6 12 13 9 4
2018 13 22 11 19 18 17 18 20 16 10 15 22 15 12 17 19 18 19 14 21 16 14 22 19 11 11 18 17 16 16 8
2019 11 11 7 13 9 8 11 10 8 4 7 12 13 8 7 10 7 7 10 10 11 7 17 13 8 7 8 12 12 7 6
Player 47 49 37 58 42 40 48 52 38 27 36 64 48 38 40 52 36 42 43 49 48 37 72 60 40 33 43 57 53 43 23
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.0 91.0 2.0 88.9 -2.1 90.3 1.4 91.5 1.2
Launch Angle 6.4 2.2 -4.2 3.1 0.9 7.3 4.2 11.0 3.7
Barrel % 7.2 8.1 0.9 6.4 -1.7 9.0 2.6 15.3 6.3
Hard Hit % 38.4 48.5 10.1 42.9 -5.6 45.0 2.1 50.4 5.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.7 31.2 1.5 31.2 0.0 34.6 3.4 36.4 1.8
xBA .250 .246 -0.004 .258 0.012 .282 0.024 .285 0.003
BA .257 .270 0.013 .263 -0.007 .296 0.033 .315 0.019
xwOBA .328 .324 -0.004 .341 0.017 .359 0.018 .384 0.025
wOBA .325 .334 0.009 .326 -0.008 .357 0.031 .415 0.058
xSLG .423 .408 -0.015 .395 -0.013 .479 0.084 .529 0.050
SLG .420 .412 -0.008 .371 -0.041 .471 0.100 .599 0.128
K% 22.8 28.9 6.1 23.1 -5.8 23.1 0.0 23.7 0.6
BB% 6.6 9.1 2.5 11.5 2.4 7.7 -3.8 12.4 4.7
Swing % 45.3 44.4 -0.9 43.4 -1.0 42.8 -0.6 44.8 2.0
Whiff% 23.5 27.8 4.3 23.2 -4.6 24.3 1.1 28.7 4.4
In Zone % 48.4 48.2 -0.2 50.8 2.6 50.5 -0.3 48.5 -2.0
Out of Zone % 51.6 51.8 0.2 49.2 -2.6 49.5 0.3 51.5 2.0
Out of Zone Swing % 28.9 27.2 -1.7 24.1 -3.1 22.8 -1.3 27.7 4.9
First Pitch Swing % 25.3 22.4 -2.9 21.3 -1.1 24.8 3.5 24.7 -0.1
First Pitch Strike % 60.4 53.3 -7.1 61.2 7.9 61.4 0.2 62.4 1.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 472 3 0.6 .324 .230
2017 Shifts R 493 2 0.4 .329 .000
2018 Shifts R 311 5 1.6 .360 .176
2019 Shifts R 186 2 1.1 .415 .435
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 286 15.0 49.3% 2.8% 194 21.0 4.6% 9.8%
2011 353 15.1 48.2% 1.4% 306 20.8 2.9% 5.6%
2012 579 16.0 38.7% 1.2% 393 22.1 2.0% 8.4%
2013 506 16.3 36.4% 1.4% 419 22.6 0.7% 8.1%
2014 536 16.9 30.0% 0.9% 351 23.1 0.6% 8.5%
2015 557 17.2 31.2% 3.8% 305 24.9 5.2% 23.0%
2016 562 17.1 30.2% 5.2% 388 23.9 8.0% 16.2%
2017 594 16.5 33.7% 2.0% 398 22.9 1.5% 9.3%
2018 346 16.8 25.1% 1.7% 286 23.1 0.3% 12.6%
2019 217 17.6 24.0% 2.3% 131 24.2 0.0% 3.8%
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