Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman doubled in each of his first two at-bats in Wednesday’s win over the San Diego Padres, finishing off a productive series at Petco Park. He now has 560 doubles in his career, tied for 30th all-time in MLB history.
He’s tied with Eddie Murray and Jeff Kent, both who like Freeman came to Los Angeles in the back half of their careers. Freeman and Murray were linked not only given their timing in joining the Dodgers, but by production as well. By similarity scores, Murray was the most similar player to Freeman for every age from 21 to 32. Murray and Kent are both in the Hall of Fame, and Freeman will join them one day in Cooperstown.
Freeman in his first four years with the Dodgers hit 180 doubles, the most in any four-year span in franchise history. He began the year tied for 34th all-time with Manny Ramirez, another former Dodger, and has since passed Alex Rodríguez and Freeman’s former Atlanta Braves teammate Chipper Jones.
Up next is Carlos Beltrán in 29th place with 565 doubles.
Freeman is nearing 200 doubles with the Dodgers (he’s seven away), something only 19 players have done in franchise history. He’s also at 967 extra-base hits, 33 shy of becoming the 40th player in history with 1,000 extra-base hits.
Freeman on Tuesday homered twice, giving him eight extra-base hits over his last 14 games. He’s the first Dodger with consecutive games of multiple extra-base hits since Mookie Betts last September 9-10.
We are through 50 games of this Dodgers season, and Freeman has 13 doubles, putting him on pace for 42 this year. Freeman has five seasons with at least 40 doubles in his career, plus 39 doubles last season.
Back in February, we asked how many doubles you think Freeman will hit this season. Now almost a third into the season, we’ll ask you to update your guesses: How many doubles will Freddie Freeman hit this season?
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