Alex Freeland
| Alex Freeland | |
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| File:FreelandAlex.jpg Freeland with the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 76 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: August 24, 2001 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 30, 2025, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Batting average | .190 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 6 |
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| Managerial record at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
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Alexander Chance Freeland (born August 24, 2001) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Career
[edit | edit source]Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Freeland attended Mariner High School in Cape Coral, Florida, and the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he played college baseball for the UCF Knights.[1] In 2021 and 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2][3]
Los Angeles Dodgers
[edit | edit source]The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Freeland in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[4] He signed with the Dodgers and made his professional debut with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, where he hit .313 in only eight games in the 2022 season.[1] Freeland played 2023 with the Great Lakes Loons, hitting .240 in 106 games with nine homers and 57 RBI[1] and remained with Great Lakes to start the 2024 season before being promoted to the Tulsa Drillers on May 8[5] and to the Triple–A Oklahoma City Baseball Club on August 6.[6] In a combined 136 games, he batted .260 with 18 home runs, 74 RBI and 31 stolen bases.[1]
Freeland began 2025 with Oklahoma City, before he was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time on July 29.[7] He made his MLB debut the following day, against the Cincinnati Reds, and recorded his first hit off Nick Martinez.[8] Freeland hit his first major league home run off Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres on August 22.[9] He played in 29 games for the Dodgers, with a slash line of .190/.292/.310 while hitting two homers and driving in six runs[10] and was optioned back to the minors on September 4.[11] Freeland played in 106 games for Oklahoma City, slashing .263/.384/.451 while hitting 16 home runs and driving in 82 runs.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Freeland was born with a clubfoot and underwent numerous surgeries to correct the issue.[12]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Lee County, Florida
- Baseball players from Louisville, Kentucky
- Brewster Whitecaps players
- Great Lakes Loons players
- Leesburg Storm players
- Los Angeles Dodgers players
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Oklahoma City Baseball Club players
- Oklahoma City Comets players
- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players
- Tulsa Drillers players
- UCF Knights baseball players
- 21st-century American sportsmen