Rick Holyfield

Infobox MLB retired


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name=Rick Holifield
position=OF
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1970|3|25
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stat1label=Hits Minors
stat1value=680
stat2label=AVG Minors
stat2value=.237
stat3label=HR Minors
stat3value=66
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*Medicine Hat Blue Jays (1988)
*St. Catharines Blue Jays (1989)
*Myrtle Beach Hurricanes (1991-1992)
*Dunedin Blue Jays (1993)
*Knoxville Smokies (1994)
*Reading Phillies (1994-1995)
*Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons (1994-1995)
*Trenton Thunder (1996)
*Pawtucket Red Sox (1996)
*Gulf Coast Pirates (1997)
*Carolina Mudcats (1997)
*Richmond Braves (1998)
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Marshall Rickey Holyfield (sometimes referenced as Holifield)(born March 25, 1970 in the Bronx, New York) is a retired Minor league baseball player. Holyfield is a graduate of Ganesha High School in Pomona, California.

Professional baseball career

Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in 21st Round of the by|1988 amateur entry draft. He played with the Toronto's minor league system from by|1988 to by|1994. In 1994, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies organization and played in their minor league system until by|1995. In by|1996 he was traded along with Larry Wimberly (pitcher) to the Boston Red Sox. In by|1997 he played in the minor leagues for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and in by|1998 for the Atlanta Braves. After playing for the Richmond Braves in 1998, Holyfield retired from professional baseball.

Radomski affidavit

In December 2007, Holyfield's name was released in Kirk Radomski's unsealed affidavit as an alleged user of performance enhancing drugs. Holyfield was one of only four baseball players listed in the affidavit that was not referenced in the Mitchell Report, the others were Sid Fernandez, Pete Rose Jr. and Ryan Schurman. [cite web |url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10540927
title= Named in Grimsley affidavit, Watson denies using performance-enhancing drugs |publisher=CBS News| date=2007.12.21 |accessdate=2008-01-15]

ee also

*Pawtucket Red Sox Alumni
*Minor league baseball
*List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report

References

tatistical sources

* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=6725 Rick Holifield] minor-league statistics at Baseball Reference.com
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/Rick-Holifield.shtml Rick Holifield] minor-league statistics at Baseball Cube.com