Greg Bird (baseball)
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Gregory Paul Bird (born November 9, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the New York Yankees organization.
Career
Bird attended Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado. He was named the Colorado Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year as a senior.[1][2][3]
Bird was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.[4] He had committed to the University of Arkansas, but signed with the Yankees.[5] He was drafted as a catcher but was moved to first base.[6]
Bird made his professional debut for the Gulf Coast Yankees in 2011. He finished the season playing in four games, going 1 for 12. In 2012, he played in only 28 games due to injuries. He finished the season hitting .337/.450/.494 with two home runs. Bird started the 2013 season with the Tampa Yankees.[7] He finished the season, hitting .288/.428/.511 with 20 home runs and a minor league leading 107 walks. He won the Kevin Lawn Award as the Yankees Minor League Player of the Year.[8][9]
In 2014, Bird began the season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he batted .277 with seven home runs and 32 runs batted in before he was promoted tor the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League,[10] where he batted for a .253/.379/.558 triple slash to go along with 7 homers and 11 RBI to create a full season equaling .271/.376/.472 slash line, 14 homers, and 43 RBI in 102 games.[11] After the season, the Yankees assigned Bird to the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). He hit a 450-foot (140 m) home run during the AFL Fall Stars Game. Bird led the AFL with six home runs was named the AFL Most Valuable Player.[12]
References
- ↑ "Grandview’s Bird gets state’s Gatorade baseball honor". Blogs.denverpost.com. June 1, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ↑ Frei, Terry. "Grandview's Greg Bird awaits MLB draft, braces for decision". Denverpost.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ↑ http://archives.aurorasentinel.com/sports/prep_sports/baseball/article_16d9f03e-8c77-11e0-af38-001cc4c03286.html
- ↑ Ryan CaseyThe Denver Post. "Grandview's Greg Bird drafted by Yankees in fifth round". Denverpost.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Grandview’s Greg Bird signs with Yankees for $1.1 million". Blogs.denverpost.com. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Charleston RiverDogs first baseman Greg Bird ‘mature beyond his years’". Postandcourier.com. June 26, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Yankees farmhand Greg Bird has command of the strike zone". Newsday.com. August 17, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Yankees name INF Greg Bird and RHP Shane Greene winners of the 2013 Kevin Lawn "Player of the Year" and "Pitcher of the Year" Awards". New York Yankees. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Yankees spring training: Greg Bird, Shane Greene 2013 minor league players of the year". NJ.com. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Thunder hoping Bird can produce same spark as departed OBrien". Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bird--000gre
- ↑ "Yankees' Bird named Arizona Fall League MVP". New York Yankees. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)