Samuel Babson Fuld is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the current general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, and Minnesota Twins. Fuld played center field and batted lead-off for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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Samuel Babson Fuld is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the current general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, and Minnesota Twins. Fuld was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 10. He is the son of Kenneth Fuld, former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire, and Amanda Merrill, a former New Hampshire State Senator. He got his start playing baseball hitting plastic wiffle balls pitched by his grandmother when he was three years old. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic, and he has said that he was “kind of raised celebrating both’s religions’ holidays’” Fuld played center field and batted lead-off for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He was a two-time All-American, set the school record for career runs scored, and established the College World Series record for Career hits at Stanford University. In late April, Fuld led the American League in both batting average and steals. In 2014-15 Fuld playing for the Oakland A”s andMinnesota Twins. He batted. 299 in his longest stint with the Cubs, but appeared only in late-season call-ups over three years. His catch was put to Superman-theme music in a YouTube video, and tweets about him went viral.
He weighed 10 pounds at birth, so big he was nicknamed “Cool Papa Sam.” He was named Preseason First Team Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, USA Sports, USA Today, and Fox Sports Sports Sports. He also was listed as 19th among the Top 100 High School Prospects of 2000 by Baseball America and USA Sports. In the minor leagues — as a result of his defensive play — he was referred to as “a crash test dummy with a death wish” and a “human wrecking ball act” His father said he was already computing batting averages and ERAs in the bathtub. “I’d watch him and say ‘wow,’ just like I said ‘wow’ when he used to hit,” his father said. He was the team’s MVP, and a league All Star. He then transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy, where he played baseball, and soccer, and ran track and field. As a senior, he hit. 600 with 6, 12 RBIs, stolen bases, and 13 stolen bases. He led his club to a league title as a junior, in 1999, as he batted. 600 as he junior, and as a senior in 1999,. He was also a three-time team captain and four-time MVP of the varsity baseball team varsity. In 2010, he was voted the Most Valuable Player in the Arizona Fall League. He made the Rays’ 2011 opening day roster, and won the jobs of starting left fielder and leadoff hitter by mid-April.
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