finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1973 left carlsbad , new mexico 1972 july 31 2 -- 4 6.87 38 pitcher atlanta braves win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts september 1 29 june 1951 jimmy freeman
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jimmy freeman

jimmy lee freeman -lrb- born june 29 , 1951 -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher who made two brief appearances with the atlanta braves in the early 1970s .
he batted and threw left-handed .
freeman was born in carlsbad , new mexico , and was drafted by the braves in the sixth round of the 1969 major league baseball draft out of nathan hale high school in tulsa , oklahoma .
after compiling a 26 -- 26 record and 4.25 earned run average in four seasons in the braves ' farm system , he received a call up to the braves in september 1972 .
though he gave up five earned runs , he pitched a complete game and won his major league debut against the philadelphia phillies .
he was far more impressive in his second start against the los angeles dodgers , in which he gave up five hits in eight plus innings , and left the game with a 4 -- 1 lead and runners on first and second .
ron schueler earned the save to give freeman the win .
as it turned out , this would be his last career win as he would go 0 -- 2 with two no decisions in his final four starts of the season .
freeman came up in june 1973 as a starting pitcher , however after pitching poorly in both of his first two starts , he was moved into the bullpen .
he earned his only career save against the new york mets on july 16 .
after one final start on july 31 , in which he gave up five earned runs in 3.1 innings of work , he was returned to the richmond braves .
freeman appeared in just nine games at richmond in 1974 .
at the start of the 1975 season , he was dealt to the baltimore orioles for earl williams and cash .
on june 15 , 1976 , he was part of a blockbuster trade in which he , doyle alexander , elrod hendricks , ken holtzman and grant jackson went to the new york yankees for rick dempsey , tippy martinez , rudy may , scott mcgregor and dave pagan .
