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**David Freese**
David Freese
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	St. Louis Cardinals — No. 23
	Third baseman
	Born: April 28, 1983 (age 26); Corpus Christi, Texas
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	April 6, 2009 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics; (through August 27, 2009)
Batting average	.158
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	2
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (2009–present);

David Richard Freese (born April 28, 1983 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is a third baseman in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Freese attended Lafayette High School in Ballwin, Missouri, St. Louis Community College-Meramec and later University of South Alabama.

Freese was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 9th Round (273rd overall) of 2006 MLB Draft. Freese played for the Eugene Emeralds, Fort Wayne Wizards and Lake Elsinore Storm in the San Diego farm system.

Prior to the 2008 season, Freese was traded by Padres to Cardinals for Jim Edmonds. He spent the 2008 season in Triple-A with the Memphis Redbirds.

With Cardinals starting third baseman Troy Glaus expected to begin the 2009 season on the disabled list, Freese has emerged as a potential starter.^[1] Freese made his Major League debut on April 6, 2009. He grounded out in his first at-bat, but added a sacrifice fly in his second.^[2] Freese was expected to be the team's starting third baseman, but was quickly passed over by fellow prospect Brian Barden. Freese was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on April 20, 2009 to make room for newly acquired reliever Blaine Boyer. Freese later had surgery to repair the injuries that hampered him during spring training, leaving him injured for the majority of the Memphis season. He was activated and assigned to Double-A Springfield in late July with plans to later assign him to Memphis. His number 12 has now been given away to veteran infielder Julio Lugo. He was recalled in the September call-up on September 23.

[edit] References

^ "Freese impresses in St. Louis loss". Associated Press. March 28, 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hYDMWsY6aX5RD4H5qFH_UL3pHUtgD97795GO0.
^ "Motte can't close door". mlb.com. April 6, 2009. http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090406&content_id=4140898&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home&c_id=stl.

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Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube

[0] "Freese impresses in St. Louis loss". Associated Press. March 28, 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hYDMWsY6aX5RD4H5qFH_UL3pHUtgD97795GO0.

[1] "Motte can't close door". mlb.com. April 6, 2009. http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090406&content_id=4140898&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home&c_id=stl.

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