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Gregory Paul Bird (born November 9, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut on August 13, 2015. ==Career== Bird attended Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado. Playing for the school's baseball team, Bird was named the Colorado Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year as a senior.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Baseball: Gatorade tabs Grandview's Bird player of year )〕 He committed to attend the University of Arkansas to play college baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.〔 Bird was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. Bird signed with the Yankees, receiving a $1.1 million signing bonus and bypassing his commitment to Arkansas. He was drafted as a catcher but was moved to first base. 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 Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=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 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yankees spring training: Greg Bird, Shane Greene 2013 minor league players of the year )〕 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, 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gregory Bird Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 After the season, the Yankees assigned Bird to the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). He hit a home run during the AFL Fall Stars Game. Bird led the AFL with six home runs was named the AFL Most Valuable Player.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yankees' Bird named Arizona Fall League MVP )〕 Bird started the 2015 season with Trenton and was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League during the season. On August 13, 2015, the Yankees announced they would promote Bird to the major leagues to backup Mark Teixeira at first base and Alex Rodriguez at designated hitter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yankees to call up top prospect Greg Bird )〕 He made his major league debut that night,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yankees notes: Greg Bird makes big-league debut )〕 and collected his first hit on August 15.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WATCH: Greg Bird, former Grandview star, gets 1st MLB hit )〕 Teixeira injured his leg on August 17, which was later diagnosed as a fracture, ending his season, as Bird became the Yankees' starting first baseman. On August 19, Bird hit his first two MLB home runs. On September 7, Bird hit a go-ahead 3-run home run in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.〔 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/sports/baseball/greg-birds-home-run-lifts-yankees-over-orioles.html?_r=0 〕 Teixeira went down with a season ending leg injury, promoting Bird to the starting first base position. On September 22, Bird hit a game winning three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the top of the tenth inning. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greg Bird (baseball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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