Adam Shabala

Outfielder makes 2nd consecutive appearance at Spring Training as non-roster invitee...5th-year professional has compiled .276 lifetime avg. with 70 2Bs, 13 3Bs, 23 HRs and 167 RBI in 389 career minor league games...San Francisco's 10th round selection in 2000 First Year Player Draft has registered 3 straight seasons with at least 10 stolen bases. Graduated from Streator (IL) High School...earned All-Conference honors as prepster in baseball, basketball and golf...attended Kishwaukee (IL) College before transferring to University of Nebraska...hit .338 as senior in 2000 while tying Huskers' single-season record with perfect 1.000 fielding pct. in 121 opportunities...single.

2003

In most extended professional playing time, established career standards in games (134), at-bats (513), runs (71), hits (137), 3Bs (6) and HRs (9) for double-A Norwich...was .267 hitter with 54 RBI and 10 stolen bases...made 108 appearances in right field, while logging 17 games in left and 6 in center...overall, tallied career-high 302 total chances and logged .990 fielding pct., committing just 3 errors.

2002

Spent majority of season at single-A San Jose before late season promotion to double-A Shreveport...hit .288 overall with 26 2Bs, 8 HRs and 61 RBI...led San Jose with .328 batting average in 73 games, belting 18 2Bs and 7 HRs while driving in 45...also stole 11 bases in 18 attempts...enjoyed monster June to share San Jose Player of Month honors, hitting at .351 clip (27-for-77) with 3 HRs and club-best 20 RBI in 22 games...was named California League Howe SportsData Player of Week for June 24-30...promoted to Shreveport July 11 and spent remainder of campaign with Swamp Dragons, batting .216 in 40 contests.

2001

Made trio of stops on Giants' organizational chain, logging time with San Jose, Shreveport and single-A Hagerstown...played in only 3 games with junior Giants before being transferred to Swamp Dragons, where he was 12-for-35 (.343) in 12 games...was with Suns in South Atlantic League to conclude season, posting .313 avg. with 16 2Bs, 29 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 70 outings.

2000

Made professional debut with Salem-Keizer in short-season Northwest League...logged 59 games, batting .216 with 4 HRs and 19 RBI.