Adam Everett
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Jeffery Adam Everett (born February 2, 1977 in Austell, Georgia) is an American baseball player. He started his college career at North Carolina State University in 1995 and then transferred to the University of South Carolina. He was drafted in the first round of the 1998 Major League draft and established himself as the starting shortstop for the Houston Astros in 2003.
College career
After attending Harrison High School, Everett signed to play for Ray Tanner at NC State in 1995. After Tanner left for South Carolina before the 1997 season, Everett followed him and became an All-American shortstop for the Gamecocks.
In 1998 he was named first team All-SEC and All-American. He also set the South Carolina school record for assists by a shortstop in a single season with 218. In 62 games he batted .375 with 13 homeruns, 63 RBI and 15 stolen bases.
Everett played for team USA during the summer of 1997.
Professional career
In 1995 the Chicago Cubs drafted Everett in the fourth round out of High School. In 1998 he was selected by the Boston Red Sox with the 12th pick of the Major League draft.
During the 1998 summer season and the 1999 season Everett played for A Lowell and AA Trenton before being traded to the Houston Astros in prior to the 2000 season. That season he played 126 games at AAA New Orleans where he batted .245.
Taking a break from minor league baseball that season he traveled to Sydney for the 2000 Summer Olympics were he helped the US team capture the gold medal.
Everett made his Major League debut on August 30, 2001 and scored his first run against the San Francisco Giants on September 18 to tie the game at 2-2 in the ninth inning. He appeared in nine games for the Astros that seaon and played 114 in New Orleans.
In 2002 he appeared in 40 games for the Astros and played 88 in New Orleans.
He was called up again in 2003 and played 128 games for the Astros. During that span he hit .256 with eight home runs. On August 6 Everett hit the first ever inside-the-park home run at Minute Maid Park versus the New York Mets. On July 9 he hit his first career grand slam against the Cincinnati Reds.
Everett finished second in the 2004 National League All-Star balloting for shortstops behind the St. Louis Cardinals' Edgar Renteria.
External links
- Adam Everett's Career Statistics from The Baseball Cube (http://www.sports-wired.com/players/profile.asp?ID=872)
- Everett's player page (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=276361) on the official Astros web-site