Adam Greenberg
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Adam Daniel Greenberg
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 5' 9", Weight 180 lb.
- School University of North Carolina
- High School Guilford High School
- Debut July 9, 2005
- Final Game July 9, 2005
- Born February 21, 1981 in New Haven, CT USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Adam Greenberg is an outfielder who is most famous for being knocked out of the game in his only plate appearance in the major leagues.
As a freshman in college (where he faced ignorant comments about Judaism in the south), outfielder Greenberg was named Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year as he hit .386, stole 28 bases and led the ACC with 7 triples. In 2001, he led the conference with 29 steals but hit only .310. As a junior in college, he hit .337, stole 35 bases, scored 80 runs, homered 17 times and again led the ACC with seven triples. He was named to the All-Conference Team. That year, the Chicago Cubs selected him in the 9th round of the 2002 amateur draft and he split the remainer of the year between two class A clubs. He hit .224/.331/.345 for the Lansing Lugnuts but was at .384/.500/.575 in 21 games for the Daytona Cubs, swiping 15 bases in 17 games.
Greenberg spent the 2003 campaign with Daytona and put up a .299/.387/.410 line, stealing 26 bases in 35 attempts. In 2004, Greenberg hit .291/.381/.424 for Dayton with 12 triples in 91 games (he would tie Doug Deeds for the Florida State League lead) and got moved up to the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, where the 23-year-old put up a .274/.364/.451 effort in 33 games. His season ended with an 0 for 4 game and a walk for the Iowa Cubs. Overall, his 14 triples tied him for third-best in the minor leagues that year.
Greenberg began 2005 with West Tenn and hit .269/.386/.407 with nine triples and 15 steals in 19 tries. Called up to the Cubs on July 7, he was hit by a pitch in his first at-bat two days later by Valerio de los Santos and did not get into another game with Chicago before he was sent back to West Tenn to finish the year.
Starting poorly in 2006, Adam only hit .179/.266/.202 for the Diamond Jaxx and .118/.118/.118 for Iowa and was released by Chicago. Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was assigned to the Jacksonville Suns and continued his struggles, batting .228/.387/.311 for the Suns. He did draw 51 walks in 75 games but struck out in 70 of 219 AB. He stole 9 bases in 12 attempts.
Fred Van Dusen was the only player before Greenberg whose major league career consisted of a single HBP.
Primary Sources: 2001-2006 Baseball Almanacs, Minorleaguebaseball.com
