Adam Riggs

Adam Riggs

Infobox NPB player
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bgcolor2=red
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Adam Riggs



width=300
position=First baseman
team=Tokyo Yakult Swallows
number=2
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Yakult Swallows
statyear=2007
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.288
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=56
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=157
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|1997)
*San Diego Padres (by|2001)
*Anaheim Angels (by|2003-by|2004)
*Yakult Swallows / Tokyo Yakult Swallows (by|2005 / by|2006–present)

Adam David Riggs (born October 4, 1972, in Steubenville, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and second baseman. He currently plays first base for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japanese Central League.

He is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina Aiken and attended Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope, New Jersey. [Havsy, Jane. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/sports/pro/sports1-riggs0829.htm "Soaring with the Angels"] , "Daily Record", August 29, 2003. Accessed November 4, 2007. "I said, cool," recalled Riggs, a graduate of Lenape Valley High School and County College of Morris."]

Baseball career

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 22nd round of the by|1994 MLB amateur draft, Riggs would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 7, by|1997.

Riggs gained notoriety after a by|2003 game with the Anaheim Angels in which he wore a uniform which featured the team name misspelled as "Angees", which appeared in Sports Illustrated, and was also nominated for a This Year in Baseball Award for Most Bizarre Moment in 2003. [cite web
url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20031123&content_id=607504&vkey=news_ana&fext=.jsp&c_id=ana
title=Riggs up for Most Bizarre Moment |author= Doug Miller |date=2003-11-23 |publisher=MLB.com | accessdate=2007-12-27
]

In by|2005 he signed with the Yakult Swallows of Japan's Central League.

Mitchell Report

On December 13, by|2007, Riggs was included in the Mitchell Report, in which it was alleged that he used steroids during his career. In the report, Kirk Radomski states that Riggs bought human growth hormone, clenbuterol, and Winstrol from him between July 10, by|2003 to November 30, by|2005. Photocopies of five checks from Riggs to Radomski are included in the report to substantiate Radomski's accusations. Radomski claims Riggs was referred to him by Paul Lo Duca. Riggs declined to meet with the Mitchell investigators but provided a letter from his lawyer stating that he "never tested positive for improper substances". [cite web | url = http://assets.espn.go.com/media/pdf/071213/mitchell_report.pdf | title = Mitchell Report pp. 211-12| format = PDF]

Since 2005, Riggs has played in Japan where they conform with Olympic testing standards and has never tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. [cite web
url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-12-23-japan-mitchell-report_N.htm?csp=34
title=Ripple effect felt in Japan over Mitchell Report |date=2007-12-24 |publisher=USA Today | accessdate=2007-12-26
]

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