David Adams #73

Full name DAVID LEE ADAMS...Married, Camille...One Child, Jethro...Attended the University of Virginia where he was a career .325 hitter, scoring 150 runs with 30 doubles, 16HR and 143RBI in 183 games…Was named Second Team Baseball America Freshman All-American, a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American and earned a spot on the Baseball America Fab 50 list for top freshmen in 2006...In his junior year at the University of Virginia, batted .286 with 48R, 11 doubles, 6HR and 51RBI in 61 games…Was named to the 2008 Third-Team Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America squad and the Wallace Award Watch List…Was one of Baseball America's Top 30 prospects (No. 27) from the Cape Cod League in 2007 after hitting .302 for Falmouth…Led the league in doubles (14), ranked second in hits (51) and triples (3) and placed ninth in batting average...Attended Grandview Prep (FL) where he played for his father, Dale, and was a four-year letter-winner in baseball (graduated in 2005)…Was rated the No. 19 prospect by Baseball America in 2005…Also lettered three years in football.

2013

Split the season between AAA Scranton/WB and the New York Yankees, his first taste of big league action after six Minor League seasons...Was released by the Yankees on March 26 and re-signed to a Minor League deal three days later after the acquisition of OF Vernon Wells...After playing in 27 games for Scranton (.316 avg), had contract purchased on May 15, the first day he was eligible to be promoted to the majors...Made his Major League debut that day at third base vs. Seattle and collected his first Major League hit in the 6th inning off Hisashi Iwakuma on his birthday...Doubled for his first MLB RBI the next day vs. Seattle...On May 20 at Baltimore he hit his first Major League home run off Freddy Garcia...David played in 35 games with a .190 average, 2 home runs, and 9 RBI until being demoted to Triple-A on July 8...Was also with the Yankees from July 24-28, August 5-11 and Sept 1-end of season (four stints total)...At Triple-A he hit .339 (20-59) in 16 April games and appeared in 30 games at third base, 28 games at second base and 2 games at first base...With the Yankees he appeared in 31 games at third base, 9 games at second base and 4 games at first base...Was rendered a free agent when the Yankees non-tendered him on December 2nd.

2012

Batted .306 (100-for-327) with 23 doubles, 8 HRs and 48 RBIs in 86 games with Double-A Trenton, appearing in games at 2B, 3B and DH...his totals in games played, runs scored, hits, doubles and RBIs were his highest since 2009 and his 8 HRs marked a career high...Missed a month of the season on the disabled list from 4/12-5/13 with back spasms...Recorded the first multi-HR game of his career in 6/27 win at New Britain, going 2-for-4 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs...Batted .267 (8-for-30) with 4 R, 3 doubles and 2 RBIs in eight postseason games...Following the season, was named the first-ever winner of the "Dirtiest Uniform of the Season" Award, an honor selected by the Trenton fans...Also played in 22 games for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League, batting .286 (24-for-84) with 13 R, 7 doubles, 3 HRs and 15 RBIs...named AFL Week 5 "Player of the Week" (.571, 3 HR).

2011

In limited playing time, combined to bat .370 (40-for-108) with 19R, 12 doubles, 1HR and 15RBI in 29 games (25 starts at 2B) with Tampa and the GCL Yankees...hit .308 (16-for-52) with 6R, 3 doubles and 4RBI in 12 games with Tampa and .429 (24-for-56) with 13R, 9 doubles, 1HR and 11RBI in 17 games with the GCL Yankees...Missed a majority of the season, making three stints on the disabled list with a right ankle sprain...began the year on the D.L. with Double-A Trenton before being reinstated and transferred to Single-A Tampa on 4/21...was placed back on the disabled list on 4/22 before beginning a rehab assignment with the GCL Yankees on 6/20...was returned from rehab on 7/8, but remained on the D.L. after reinjuring his ankle during rehab...made a second rehab assignment from 7/14-23 before being reinstated from the disabled list on 7/23...appeared in 11 games with Tampa before returning to the D.L. on 8/9 through the end of the season.

2010

Batted .309 (47-for-152) with 15 doubles, 3 triples, 3HR and 32RBI in 39 games with Double-A Trenton before having his season cut short with a right ankle injury on 5/23...had the ankle scoped on 8/2 to remove three small bone chips...Following the season, was rated by Baseball America as having the "Best Strikezone Discipline" among all Yankees farmhands.

2009

Combined to hit .286 (140-for-490) with 69R, 40 doubles, 8 triples, 7HR and 75RBI in 132 games with Single-A Charleston and Single-A Tampa...tied for third among all Yankees minor leaguers in RBI...Began the season with Charleston, batting .290 (75-for-259) with 23 doubles and 34RBI in 67 games...tied for second on the team in doubles...Was promoted to Tampa on 6/25, where he batted .281 (65-for-231) with 17 doubles, 6 triples, 7HR and 41RBI in 65 games...ranked second on the team in triples and tied for third in RBI.

2008

Made his professional debut with short-season Single-A Staten Island, batting .257 (66-for-257) with 45R, 19 doubles, 4HR and 31RBI in 67 games...batted .333 (3-for-9) with 1RBI in two postseason games.