Freddie Freeman was named the National League Player of the Week for May 5-11. Major League Baseball announced. Freeman becomes the second Los Angeles Dodgers player to win a Player of the Week honor this season, joining Andy Pages.
Freeman won his 10th career weekly honor and fifth since joining the Dodgers, including three times in 2022 (June 27, July 18, & September 12) and most recently on August 7, 2023.
Additionally, he won five awards as a member of the Atlanta Braves, winning twice in 2012 (April 23 & May 7); and three times in 2016 (June 19, September 4, & September 25).
Overall, Freeman is the 24th player to earn at least 10 Weekly Awards regardless of league, and his 10 awards in the NL are tied with Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn for fifth-most all-time, trailing Barry Bonds (15); Albert Pujols (13); Hall of Famer Mike Piazza (12); and Sammy Sosa (11).
Freddie Freeman’s stats during award week
Freeman led the Majors in RBI and hits, tied for the Major League lead in batting average and total bases (28), ranked second in slugging and extra-base hits (7), ranked third in OPS (1.500), tied for fifth in runs, and tied for eighth in on-base percentage.
The eight-time All-Star slugged a home run and had two hits in each of his first two games to begin the week at Miami, marking the second time this season he homered in back-to-back games (also 3/28-3/29 vs. Detroit Tigers).
His two-run blast in the third inning on Monday, May 5, marked the 350th homer of his career, joining Giancarlo Stanton (429 HR); Mike Trout (387 HR); and Paul Goldschmidt (366 HR) as the only active players with at least 350 career home runs.
The 2021 and 2024 World Series Champion followed up his multi-hit games with a three-hit, four-RBI game on Wednesday at Miami, finishing the three-game set a combined 7-for-13 with eight RBI. He closed his week with a four-hit, three-RBI game at Arizona on Sunday, marking his 47th career game with at least three hits and three RBI, tied with Goldschmidt for the most such games in the Majors since Freeman’s debut in 2010.
The 2020 NL MVP tallied a hit in 14 consecutive games from April 25th-May 9th, tied for the sixth-longest streak of his career. He racked up nine multi-hit games during the stretch and now leads the Dodgers with 14 multi-hit games this year.
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