Choo Freeman

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**Choo Freeman**

Free Agent — No.
Center Fielder
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
June 4, 2004 for the Colorado Rockies
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
AVG	.225
RBI	29
HR	3

Choo Freeman (born Raphael Desepition Freeman on October 20, 1979 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas) is a Major League Baseball outfielder.

Freeman is a very fast player with an impressive high school career, setting a state record by catching 50 touchdowns for Dallas Christian High School in Mesquite, Texas and being selected three times to the all-state team. In his overall athletic career at Dallas Christian, he helped the school win six state championships in various sports. Signed with the Texas A&M to play football, but chose baseball when he selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft.

Freeman spent four years making his way through various entry level "A" ball Minor League affiliates of the Rockies, even being selected as the Rockies top prospect by Baseball America in 2000, before getting promoted to the "AA" Carolina Mudcats in 2002. With Carolina he hit .291 with 12 HRs and 15 Steals and was selected as a "Southern League" All-Star causing his stock to rise in the organization.

In 2003 he found himself starting in center field for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the Rockies "AAA" affiliate, a position he would retain for most of the next couple of seasons. His best season with the Sky Sox was in 2004 where he hit .297 with 10 HRs and 50 RBIs.

He made his major league debut with the Rockies on June 4, 2004 against the San Francisco Giants as a pinch hitter. He got his first two major league hits the next day in his first start for the Rockies, also against the Giants. However, he hit only .189 that season and wound up back with the Sky Sox in 2005.

After hitting .280 with the Sky Sox in 2005, Freeman rejoined the Rockies for limited action in September before making the team full time for the 2006 season as a reserve outfielder. He hit .237 in the 88 games he played in during the 2006 season.

Although he was considered the most athletic player on the team, on February 2nd 2007, Freeman was released from the Colorado Rockies 40-man roster.^[1]

On February 14, 2007 he signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers but he failed to make the major league roster out of spring training and was assigned to the Dodgers Triple-A affiliate the Las Vegas 51s. He hit .270 in 121 games with the 51s and stole 48 bases.

Freeman throws right and bats right.

Choo Freeman is currently a FA as he not on las vegas 51 roster