Player Biographies - Duke University Athletics

Player Biographies
BUTLER’S CAREER STATISTICS
2006: Served as the bullpen catcher and team manager before being added to the roster
prior to the Virginia Tech series (4/21-23) … made his collegiate debut against Virginia
Tech (4/22) … had an at-bat against Virginia
Tech (4/22) and against Clemson (5/8). High
School: Four-year letterwinner at Apex High
School ... all-conference selection during his
sophomore and senior campaigns ... honorable
mention all-conference honoree as a
freshman. Personal: Born Kyle David Butler
on October 27, 1986, in Oscoda, Mich. ...
son of Charles and Diane Butler ... has a brother,
Andrew ... grandfather, Dave Dubow, ran track and
cross country at N.C. State ... cousin, Donald McIntosh,
played soccer at Duke ... majoring in mechanical
engineering.
Season Batting Statistics
Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-K SB-A
2006 .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0
Career .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0
ACC Batting Statistics
Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-K SB-A
2006 .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0
Career .000 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0
FREIMAN’S CAREER STATISTICS
Season Batting Statistics
Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-K SB-A
2006 .304 28-28 115 16 35 5 1 5 24 6-32 3-6
Career .304 28-28 115 16 35 5 1 5 24 6-32 3-6
ACC Batting Statistics
Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-K SB-A
2006 .286 21-21 91 12 26 2 0 5 16 4-29 2-4
Career .286 21-21 91 12 26 2 0 5 16 4-29 2-4
2006: Named to the All-ACC Academic Baseball Team ... member of the ACC Academic
Honor Roll ... started all 28 games played in as a freshman ... made 18 starts at
designated hitter, eight starts at first base, one
start in right field and one start on the mound ...
missed 27 straight games (2/12-3/29) due to
an arm injury suffered in his only start on the
mound (2/12) ... ranked second on the team
in slugging percentage (.496), third in batting
average (.304) and tied for third in home
runs (five) ... was fifth in on-base percentage
(.355) and tied for fifth in RBI (24) and
doubles (five) ... also had a triple, 16 runs
scored and three stolen bases on the season
... had 10 multiple-hit games on the
year, including a pair of four-hit games against
Boston College (4/2) and Davidson (4/12) ...
recorded three hits against Virginia Tech (4/22)
and added seven two-hit games ... had six
multiple-RBI games, including a career-high five
RBI against Davidson (4/12) ... drove in three
runs against Boston College (4/2) and added
four two-RBI performances on the year ... hit his
first career home run in his third at-bat back
from his 27-game stint on the injured list, a
two-run homer against Boston College
(3/31) ... two days later, he went 4-
for-6 with a pair of home runs, three
RBI and four runs scored against
the Eagles (4/2) ... drove in a
career-high five runs against Davidson (4/12), going 4-for-5 at the plate with a triple and two doubles ... also hit a
pair of home runs against Georgia Tech (5/13) ... ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak (5/8-17), which
tied for the sixth-best hitting streak on the team ... his first collegiate pitching start came in game one of a doubleheader against Seton Hall (2/12) ... allowed two runs on
one hit in 0.1 innings pitched before leaving the game due to injury. High School: Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain at Wellesley High School ... three-time allconference
selection ... also lettered in indoor track ... editor of school newspaper and National Honor Society member. Personal: Born Nathan Samuel Freiman on December
31, 1986, in Washington, D.C. ... son of Len and Marjorie Freiman ... has a brother, Eli.
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