Adam Melhuse

Adam Melhuse

Infobox MLB player


_caption=Adam_during_batting_practice_at_the_Rangers_home_opener_on_Apr_8,_2008.
width=300
name=Adam Melhuse
position=Catcher
team=Colorado Rockies
number=16
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1972|3|27
birthplace=city-state|Santa Clara|California
debutdate=June 16
debutyear=2000
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
statyear=2008 season
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.234
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=24
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=98
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2000)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2000-by|2001)
*Oakland Athletics (by|2003-by|2007)
*Texas Rangers (by|2007-by|2008)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2008-present)

Adam Michael Melhuse (born March 27, 1972 in Santa Clara, California) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Colorado Rockies.

High school, college years

Melhuse attended Lincoln High School in Stockton, California and was a student and a letterman in basketball and baseball. He played college baseball as a UCLA Bruin.

Major League Baseball career

Previously, Melhuse played with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, and Texas Rangers. He throws right-handed and is a switch-hitter.

Melhuse collected his first career hit on August 24, mlby|2000, in the 12th inning of an unusual game between the Rockies and Atlanta Braves. Out of pitchers, Rockies manager, Buddy Bell, asked injured catcher, Brent Mayne, who was unable to swing a bat due to a sprained left wrist, if he could pitch. Mayne pitched the 12th inning and held the Braves scoreless. The following inning, with two outs and the bases loaded, Melhuse, pinch hitting for Mayne, singled over the shortstop's head to win the game.

On June 9, mlby|2007, Melhuse was traded by the Athletics to the Texas Rangers for cash. Adam's career as a Texas Ranger was short-lived. The Rangers traded for Jarrod Saltalamacchia (a catcher) on July 31, 2007, which lessened Melhuse's playing time. Melhuse was designated for assignment on August 23, 2007, and would later be released. He resigned with the Athletics for his second stint in 2007 on September 1 when rosters were expanded. Despite being on the Athletics for a second go around in September, Melhuse sat on the bench the whole time and did not get into a game.

He declared free agency on October 8, 2007, though not before being outrighted to the minors on October 5. Melhuse signed a minor league contract with an invite to spring training with the Texas Rangers on January 11, mlby|2008. He made the team out of spring training as a backup to starting catcher Gerald Laird, but injured his hand in a game against the Detroit Tigers on April 24, resulting in his release.

In late June of 2008, Melhuse signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies and was called up on August 14. On August 30, 2008, Melhuse was called up to the Rockies from the Triple-A Sky Sox to replace Yorvit Torrealba who was placed on the DL.

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