Samuel Babson Fuld was born on November 20,1981 and is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the current general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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39 Facts About Sam Fuld
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Sam Fuld was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 2004 Major League Baseball draft.
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Sam Fuld 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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Sam Fuld's catch was put to Superman-theme music in a YouTube video, and tweets about him went viral.
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Sam Fuld attended Berwick Academy as an eighth grader, during which time he made the high school varsity, and the University of New Hampshire's baseball coach said that he had the best batting swing of any player in the state.
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Sam Fuld was listed 19th among the 100 Top High School Prospects of 2000 by Baseball America, and selected the New Hampshire 2000 Gatorade High School Player of the Year.
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Sam Fuld played from 1998 to 2000 with the Dover Post 8 American Legion team.
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Sam Fuld was fifth in the Pacific-10 conference in runs scored, sixth in walks, and ninth in hits .
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Sam Fuld led the conference in total bases, was third in runs scored and doubles, and fifth in triples .
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Sam Fuld played with Team USA in the summers of 2001 and 2002.
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In 2003, Sam Fuld was named a First-Team and Third-Team Pre-Season All-American.
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Sam Fuld was drafted in the 24th round of the 2003 draft by the Chicago Cubs, but did not sign.
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Sam Fuld was touted by Listach as having the best outfield skills on the team, as he led the Southern League with 13 assists from the outfield.
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Sam Fuld played for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League in the Fall of 2007.
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Sam Fuld was named the 2007 Most Valuable Player of the Arizona Fall League, after being the season's dominant player.
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Sam Fuld won the Dernell Stenson Award for Leadership, becoming the first player to win both awards.
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Sam Fuld had a "big winter" playing winter ball in Venezuela on the Tigres de Aragua, who he helped lead to a championship.
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Sam Fuld then bounced off the bricks and threw the ball to first base, doubling off a Pirates baserunner .
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In 2008, Sam Fuld pushed Pie for the center field spot during spring training.
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On July 1,2009, Sam Fuld recorded his first major league hit in his first major league start of the season and the second start of his career.
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Sam Fuld hit the first home run of his major league career in the final game of the Cubs' 2009 season, on October 4 at Wrigley Field.
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Sam Fuld has shown he can handle the part-time workload, can play all three positions, and can be used as a defensive sub or pinch-runner.
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Sam Fuld made the team's Opening Day roster, his first in the majors, as its fourth outfielder, and a late-inning weapon off the bench, speedster pinch runner, and defensive replacement.
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Sam Fuld initially injured ligaments in his right wrist in September 2011, but re-aggravated them on a swing in spring training on March 23,2012.
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Sam Fuld missed the first 96 games of the season, and made his 2012 debut on July 24, playing in 44 games during the season.
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On September 2,2013, against the Los Angeles Angels, Fuld recorded one out as a pitcher, getting J B Shuck to fly out to end the eighth inning.
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Sam Fuld signed a minor league deal with the Oakland Athletics on January 4,2014.
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Sam Fuld was claimed on waivers by the Minnesota Twins on April 20,2014.
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In 2016, Sam Fuld suffered a left shoulder rotator cuff injury that necessitated surgery, after he batted.
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On November 3,2017, at 35 years of age, the day that he retired as a player Sam Fuld was named the major league player information coordinator for the Philadelphia Phillies, under new manager Gabe Kapler.
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On July 14,2020, Sam Fuld returned to the field, playing Center Field during a Phillies Summer Camp exhibition game.
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On December 22,2020, Sam Fuld was announced as the next general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Sam Fuld was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 10 years old.
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Sam Fuld was comfortable handling the kidding in the clubhouse regarding his treatments.
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