Freel has 594 games of Major League experience with the Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, and Kansas City Royals. He last appeared in the Majors last season, most recently with Kansas City.
Freel has a Major League career .268 batting average with 306 runs scored, 532 hits, 100 doubles, 17 triples, 22 home runs, 122 RBI, and 143 stolen bases.
Freel hit .298 with 17 runs scored, 39 hits, eight doubles, and ten RBI in 48 games for the Reds during the 2008 season. He played in 143 Major League games for Cincinnati in 2004 and finished with a .277 average, 74 runs scored, 140 hits, 21 doubles, eight triples, three home runs, 28 RBI, and 37 stolen bases.
His next season with the Reds, Freel hit .271 with 69 runs scored, 100 hits, 19 doubles, three triples, four home runs, 21 RBI, and 36 stolen bases in 103 games played in 2005.
In addition to his Major League time, Freel also has parts of nine seasons at the Triple-A level. He has a minor league career .270 average with 504 runs scored, 759 hits, 154 doubles, 31 triples, 47 home runs, 307 RBI, and 225 stolen bases in 776 games played.