Kyle Freeland Parents: Meet Susan Freeland, Don Freeland

Kyle Richard Freeland is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Colorado Rockies (MLB).

Kyle Freeland was born on May 14, 1993, in Denver, Colorado, to Don and Susan Freeland. His only sibling is Colin, his older brother.

Kyle Freeland participated in a variety of sports as a young athlete but excelled at golf and baseball. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver.

He attended the University of Evansville and was selected by the Rockies in the eighth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

On April 7, 2017, against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Freeland made his major league debut for the Rockies and earned his first win. In addition, he had his first major league hit, a single.

His appearance was the first time in 51 years that a starting pitcher made his Major League debut “in his team’s home opener in the state in which he was born,” since Chuck Dobson did so for the Kansas City Athletics in 1966.

In 2022, Freeland went 9-11 with a 4.63 ERA in 31 starts covering 174.2 innings, leading the majors in sacrifice flies allowed with nine and triples allowed with eight.  Batters also had the highest on-base percentage against him (.342) of any MLB-qualified pitcher.