Geoff Blum

Infobox MLB player

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width=250
name=Geoff Blum
position=Infielder
team=Houston Astros
number=27
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1973|4|26
debutdate=August 9
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Montreal Expos
statyear=2007
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.251
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=344
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=71
teams=
*Montreal Expos (by|1999-by|2001)
*Houston Astros (by|2002-by|2003, by|2008-present)
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays (by|2004)
*San Diego Padres (by|2005, by|2006-by|2007)
*Chicago White Sox (by|2005)

Geoffrey Edward Blum (born April 26, 1973 in Redwood City, California) is an infielder for the Houston Astros. He began his professional career when he was selected in the seventh round of the by|1994 amateur draft by the Montreal Expos. After playing there for three years, he signed with the Houston Astros, and was then traded to Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for Brandon Backe. He also played for San Diego Padres before the White Sox picked him up in mid-2005.

On October 25, 2005, Blum hit a home run against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in the top of the 14th inning to win Game 3 of the World Series, the longest game in the history of the Fall Classic. He returned to the Padres as a free agent in 2006. On November 20, 2007, Blum signed a $1.1 million, one-year contract with the Astros.

On April 11, 2008 a monument celebrating the 2005 world series was unveiled at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. Geoff is one of the 5 players given a bronze statue of themselves in as part of the monument, for hitting his tie breaking home run against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in the 14th inning of Game 3.

External links

* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/padres/20070507-9999-lz1s7padsmon.html San Diego Union Tribune article] - He'll take a no-trade contract with Team Blum