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Nathan Samuel "Nate" Freiman (born December 31, 1986) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Oakland Athletics organization. He currently plays for the Nashville Sounds. He is tall, weighs , and bats and throws right-handed.〔 In 2013, baseball writer Tim Brown wrote, "Near as anyone can tell, there's never been a taller major-league position player than Freiman." Freiman holds Duke University's career home run record, and the school's second-highest all-time batting average. In the minor leagues, playing in the San Diego Padres organization, he led the Northwest League in runs batted in (RBIs) and extra base hits in 2009, was a Midwest League midseason All-Star in 2010, and was a California League postseason All-Star in 2011. In 2012, he led the Texas League in RBIs and hits, and was both a midseason and postseason All-Star. He played for the Israeli national baseball team in the September 2012 World Baseball Classic qualifier, batting .417 with four home runs among his five hits. In December 2012, the Astros picked Freiman in the Rule 5 Draft and added him to their 40-man roster. In March 2013 the Oakland Athletics claimed him off waivers, and he made his major league debut for the A's the following month. Freiman was voted American League Rookie of the Month for May 2013, and for the season he batted .274 in 190 at bats. He started 2014 in Triple-A. But after leading the Pacific Coast League in RBIs through June 29, while tying for seventh in the league in home runs, he was called back up to the A's. On July 2, 2015, the A's designated Freiman for assignment. Freiman is married to golfer Amanda Blumenherst. The two were Duke’s ACC Senior Male and Female Athletes of the Year in 2009. ==Early life== Freiman is Jewish, and was born in Washington, D.C., to Len and Marjorie Freiman, a lawyer and a teacher of Judaism, respectively. Both of his parents have law degrees.〔 His younger brother, Eli, was preparing for medical board examinations as Nate was starting his major league career early in the 2013 season.〔 Freiman grew up in the college town of Wellesley, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Boston. He was both a pitcher and a slugging catcher for the Wellesley High School baseball team for four years, graduating in 2005. In his junior year, he led the Bay State Conference with a .500 batting average and 19 RBIs. As a pitcher with a fastball, he was 17–1 in his last two years.〔 As a batter, he hit .500. He was a three-time all-Conference selection, and a two-year team captain.〔〔 Freiman was the best player in Massachusetts in his final two years: MVP of the Bay State Conference as a junior and senior, winner of the Division 2 Baseball Player of the Year Award as a junior and senior, and winner of the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year and ranked by Perfect Game USA as the top high school prospect in Massachusetts as a senior.〔〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nate Freiman Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio )〕 ''Baseball America'' rated him one of the top 50 high school prospects in the country. At the same time, he lettered in indoor track (running 300 meter and 600 meter races as well as in the 55 meter hurdles) and was captain of the track team. He was also editor of his high school newspaper, and is a member of both the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nate Freiman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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