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William Lance Berkman (born February 10, 1976), nicknamed "Big Puma", is a former American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers. A standout baseball player at Canyon High School, Berkman attended Rice University, where he played college baseball for the Rice Owls. Named the 1997 National College Player of the Year, the Astros selected Berkman in the first round of the 1997 MLB Draft, and he debuted in MLB for the Astros in 1999. The Astros traded Berkman to the Yankees at the 2010 trade deadline. He spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons with the Cardinals, and the 2013 season with the Rangers, before deciding to retire. He signed a one day contract with Houston to officially retire as an Astro. Berkman is a six-time MLB All-Star. He won the National League Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2011. He stands , and weighs . Berkman has spent various seasons of his career as a regular at all three outfield positions. ==Early life and college career== Berkman was born in Waco, Texas, the son of Cynthia Ann (née Thomas) and Larry Gene Berkman.〔 〕 His paternal grandfather, whose family's surname was originally "Bjorkman", was of Swedish descent.〔 Berkman graduated from Canyon High School in New Braunfels, Texas, in 1994. Berkman then attended Rice University playing on the Owls baseball team, where he was named the 1997 National College Player of the Year, playing for the legendary Wayne Graham, as well as named a first team All-America by Collegiate Baseball Magazine, ''Baseball America'' and ''The Sporting News''. He was invited to visit the White House and dined with President Clinton along with the rest of the Baseball America honorees. Throughout college, he batted a collective .385 with 67 home runs and 272 RBI. His 41 home runs in 1997 ranked third-most in NCAA history. That year he also made the all-time record book in RBIs (2nd-134), slugging percentage (6th-1.031) and total bases (4th-263) while leading the Rice Owls to their first College World Series appearance. Berkman returned to Rice in 2014 to finish his degree. 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「Lance Berkman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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