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| While many players have had careers consisting of a single at-bat, it is not yet known if any other players share the distinction of being hit with the only pitch ever thrown to them at the major league level. | While many players have had careers consisting of a single at-bat, it is not yet known if any other players share the distinction of being hit with the only pitch ever thrown to them at the major league level. | ||
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Adam Greenberg (born February 21, 1981, in New Haven, CT) is a left-handed outfielder with the Kansas City Royals organization.
The Kansas City Royals agreed to terms with Greenberg on a minor-league contract on December 5, 2006. The deal does not include an invitation to major league spring training camp. He is starting 2007 on the Triple-A Omaha Royals' roster.
High School
Greenberg attended Guilford High School in Guilford, Connecticut. He was a 4-year letterman on Guilford's baseball, basketball, and soccer teams.
He was baseball team captain as a junior and senior, 4-time All-conference and all-area, and was the first player in Connecticut history to be named to 4 all-state teams.
He was also soccer team captain for 1998 and 1999, and was a striker and 4-year starter. Greenberg was a 3-time all-conference, all-area, and all-state selection. He was named all-New England and All-America in 1998, during which season he set the school record with 17 assists in the season. He was also the team and area MVP in 1998, and helped lead Guilford to the state soccer title in 1996. He holds the school record for assists in a career, with 33.
In basketball, Greenberg was point guard and team captain in 1998-99, and was named 2nd-team all-conference.
He was named Connecticut's male athlete of the year for 1998-99.
He graduated with honors, and played summer baseball with the Madison, Connecticut American Legion Post 79 team.
College & Draft
Greenberg went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
As a freshman center fielder and leadoff batter in 2000 he was named ACC Rookie of the Year, was 2nd-team All-ACC, was a Freshman All-America pick by Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America, and was named to the All-Tournament team at the NCAA Regional. He led all Tar Heel regulars in batting average (.386), hits (98), runs (69), triples (7), stolen bases (28), and slugging percentage (.594), had a team-high 34 multi-hit games, a 21-game hitting streak, and 3 leadoff homers. In the summer of 2000 he participated in the U.S. National Team Trials, and played with the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League, stealing a team-high 15 bases.
As a sophomore in 2001 he batted .310 and led the team in runs (52), walks (43), and stolen bases (29), and on base percentage (.444). In the summer of 2001 he played for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod League.
As a junior in 2002 he hit .337, stole 35 bases, scored 80 runs, homered 17 times, and again led the ACC with 7 triples. He was named to the All-Conference Team.
He was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 2002 draft.
Minor leagues
In 2002 he hit .224 for the Lansing Lugnuts, and .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 with a .381 obp for Daytona, with 12 triples in 91 games (tieing for the Florida State League lead), and moved up to the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, where the he put up a .274 effort in 33 games. His season ended with the Iowa Cubs. Overall, his 14 triples tied him for 3rd-best in the minor leagues.
Greenberg began 2005 with West Tenn, and hit .269 with a .386 obp, with 9 triples and 15 steals.
He spent three months of the winter playing baseball in Venezuela, playing center field and leading off.
Starting poorly in 2006, Greenberg only hit .179 for the Diamond Jaxx and .118 for Iowa, and was released by Chicago in June 2006.
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was assigned to the Jacksonville Suns, where he hit only .228, but had an excellent .387 obp (his minor league average), as he had more walks than hits. He also dominated lefties, with a .455 batting average, and hit .313 with runners on base.
Major league career
Through 2006 his Major League career consists of a single plate appearance for the Chicago Cubs against the Florida Marlins on July 9, 2005, in which he was hit in the head by a fastball on the very first pitch (a 92 mph fastball) from Valerio de los Santos while pinch hitting in the 9th inning. Consequently, his on-base percentage is a perfect 1.000, and, having zero at-bats and no chances on defense, he has no batting average or fielding percentage.
While many players have had careers consisting of a single at-bat, it is not yet known if any other players share the distinction of being hit with the only pitch ever thrown to them at the major league level.
Greenberg suffered a mild concussion and vertigo, and spent the rest of the season on the 15-day disabled list. He was released June 2, 2006, from the Cubs' AA affiliate, the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
After a stint in the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system Greenberg is now with the Kansas City Royals organization. Greenberg will start the 2007 season in Class AA Wichita or Class AAA Omaha.
Miscellaneous
- 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and 180 pounds.
- In 2003, when Executive Editor of Baseball America Jim Callis was asked whether he thought Greenberg had a chance to be a starter, or was destined to be a backup, he responded: "Very good character guy, often compared to John Cangelosi, more of a fourth or fifth outfielder."
- Greenberg is Jewish.
External links
- Baseball Reference
- Baseball Cube
- Omaha Royals bio
- Profile at yahoo.com
- Greenberg talks about his winter ball experience in Venezuela on "Around the Minors," 1/6/06
- "Minor League's Top Jewish Prospects," 5/10/06
- Article on June 2006 release
- "Fighter Greenberg just keeps swinging; Ex-Cub wants to be known as a ballplayer, not the guy beaned in his only major-league at-bat," 3/14/07
- "Greenberg overcoming a nightmare; After a horrific beaning in his first at-bat, Royals minor-leaguer is fighting to get back the dream that was so close," 3/18/07