Adam Haseley

Adam Donald Haseley (/ˈheɪzliː/ HAYZ-lee;[1] born April 12, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Phillies selected Haseley with the eighth overall selection in the first round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He made his major league debut in 2019.

Adam Haseley
Haseley playing for the Clearwater Threshers
Philadelphia Phillies – No. 40
Outfielder
Born: (1996-04-12) April 12, 1996
Orlando, Florida
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
June 4, 2019, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.269
Home runs5
Runs batted in39
Teams

Amateur career

Haseley was born in Orlando, Florida, is from Windermere, Florida, and attended The First Academy in Orlando. While at TFA, he was named first-team all-district three times. Haseley represented Team USA at various youth levels. He was a member of the 18U Team that won the 2013 18U Baseball World Cup, in Taichung, Taiwan.[2]

Haseley made his collegiate debut, for the University of Virginia, on April 1, 2015, in a relief appearance against VMI.[2] Despite only pitching in four games that season, he was called upon to start Game Two of the 2015 College World Series finals against Vanderbilt, with Virginia trailing 1–0 in the series. Haseley pitched five scoreless innings and allowed just four hits in an eventual 3–0 win, forcing a third game.[3] The Cavaliers would go on to win the program's first College World Series the following day.[4]

Haseley went 9–3 as a starter, his sophomore year, with a 1.73 earned run average (ERA), while batting .304. He was named third-team all-American at utility by Baseball America, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), after the 2016 season.[2] Haseley was also a finalist for the John Olerud Award, which recognizes college baseball's best two-way player.[5] After the 2016 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star.[6]

During his junior season, Haseley hit 14 home runs, had 56 runs batted in (RBI), and led the ACC with a .390 batting average. He also walked (44) more times than he struck out (21). For his accomplishments, Haseley was named first-team all-American by Baseball America and the ABCA, and first-team all-ACC.[7][8][9] He was again a finalist for the John Olerud Award.[10]

Professional career

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Haseley with the eighth overall selection of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[11][12] He signed with the Phillies on June 21, 2017, for a $5.1 million signing bonus.[13][14]

Haseley made his professional debut with the Rookie Gulf Coast League Phillies, batting in the third spot and going 3-for-4.[15] After three games with the GCL Phillies, he was promoted to the Class A Short-Season Williamsport Crosscutters, with whom he batted .270/.350/.380 with two home runs, 18 RBIs, and 5 steals in 137 at bats. He was once again promoted, this time to the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws, where he batted .258/.315/.379 with one home run and six RBIs in 66 at bats.[16]

Haseley began the 2018 season with the Clearwater Threshers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, with whom he batted .300/.343/.415 with 5 triples (tied for 5th in the league), 5 home runs, 38 RBIs, and 7 steals in 330 at bats.[17][16] Haseley was promoted to the Double-A (AA) Reading Fightin Phils, with whom in 136 at bats he hit .316/.403/.478 with 6 home runs and 17 RBIs.[16][18] He was named an MiLB.com Phillies Organization All Star.[16]

Haseley returned to Reading to begin his 2019 season, and in 165 at bats hit .267/.353/.485 with 8 home runs and 21 RBIs.[19] Haseley was promoted to the Phillies’ Triple-A (AAA) affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, on May 29, and with them hit .294/.377/.471 in 68 at bats.[20]

The Phillies promoted Haseley to the major leagues on June 4, 2019, following an injury to Andrew McCutchen.[21] He made his major league debut the same night, starting in center field and going 0-4 at the plate.[22] The following day Haseley recorded his first career hit, a go-ahead RBI double in the 8th inning off Craig Stammen, and scored his first two career runs in a 7–5 victory over the Padres.[23] With the Phillies in 2019 he batted .266/.324/.396, with 5 home runs and 26 RBIs in 222 at bats.[24] He played 40 games in center field, 22 games in left field, and 10 games in right field, while pinch hitting three times and pinch running once.[24]

Personal life

His parents are Rich and Mary-Kay Haseley. He has one sister named Giavanna. He is married to Lindsey Haseley.

References
  1. Reading Fightin Phils 2019 Roster. Retrieved August 11, 2020
  2. "Adam Haseley - Baseball - University of Virginia Athletics: 2017 Baseball Roster". virginiasports.com. Virginia Cavaliers baseball. 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  3. "Virginia Defeats Vanderbilt, 3–0, to Force Game 3 in CWS Finals". virginiasports.com. Virginia Cavaliers baseball. June 24, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  4. Beller, Michael (June 25, 2015). "Virginia defeats Vanderbilt in Game 3 to win program's first CWS title". www.SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  5. "MCKAY, HASELEY NAMED JOHN OLERUD AWARD FINALISTS". theACC.com. June 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  6. "#26 Adam Haseley - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  7. "2017 ALL-AMERICA TEAMS". BaseballAmerica.com.
  8. "ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams announced". abca.org.
  9. "ACC ANNOUNCES 2017 BASEBALL SEASON HONORS". theACC.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  10. Wall, Garett (May 31, 2017). "McKay Named Finalist for John Olerud Award". go cards.com. Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  11. Zolecki, Todd (June 12, 2017). "Phillies draft Adam Haseley with eighth pick". mlb.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  12. Chiari, Mike (June 12, 2017). "Adam Haseley Selected No. 8 by Phillies in 2017 MLB Draft". BleacherReport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  13. Breen, Matt (June 21, 2017). "Phillies sign first-round pick Adam Haseley". www.philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  14. Adam Haseley - The Baseball Cube
  15. Wild, Danny (June 27, 2017). "Top Phillies pick Haseley has big debut". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  16. "Adam Haseley Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  17. "2018 Florida State League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  18. Gilberto, Gerard (July 10, 2018). "Phils' Haseley elevated to Double-A Reading". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  19. Zolecki, Todd (March 21, 2019). "Phillies' Adam Haseley: Reassigned to minor-league camp". www.cbssports.com. CBS Sports. RotoWire. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  20. Battifarano, Andrew (May 29, 2019). "Haseley hammers in debut for IronPigs". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  21. Lauber, Scott (June 4, 2019). "Andrew McCutchen is injured, Adam Haseley is on the way, and the Phillies are a mess-Extra Innings". Inquirer.com. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  22. Moore, Tom (June 5, 2019). "How the injury to Andrew McCutchen will affect the Phillies". The Morning Call. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  23. Salisbury, Jim (June 5, 2019). "Phillies 7, Padres 5: Adam Haseley's first career major-league hit wins it for Phillies". NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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