Adam Riggs
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{{Infobox NPB player|
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name=Adam Riggs|
image=AdamRiggs.jpg|
width=300|
position=First baseman|
team=Tokyo Yakult Swallows|
number=2|
bats=Right|
throws=Right|
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debutyear=2005|
debutteam=Yakult Swallows|
statyear=2007|
stat1label=[[Batting average]]|
stat1value=.288|
stat2label=[[Home run]]s|
stat2value=56|
stat3label=[[Run batted in|RBI]]|
stat3value=157|
teams=<nowiki></nowiki>
*[[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{by|1997}})
*[[San Diego Padres]] ({{by|2001}})
*[[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]] ({{by|2003}}-{{by|2004}})
*[[Tokyo Yakult Swallows|Yakult Swallows / Tokyo Yakult Swallows]] ({{by|2005}} / {{by|2006}}–present)
}}
'''Adam David Riggs''' (born [[October 4]], [[1972]], in [[Steubenville, Ohio|Steubenville]], [[Ohio]]) was a [[Major League Baseball]] [[outfielder]], [[first baseman]], and [[second baseman]]. He currently plays first base for the [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]] of Japanese [[Central League]].
He is an alumnus of the [[University of South Carolina Aiken]] and attended [[Lenape Valley Regional High School]] in [[Stanhope, New Jersey|Stanhope]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>Havsy, Jane. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/sports/pro/sports1-riggs0829.htm "Soaring with the Angels"], ''[[Daily Record (Morristown)|Daily Record]]'', [[August 29]], [[2003]]. Accessed [[November 4]], [[2007]]. "''I said, cool,'' recalled Riggs, a graduate of Lenape Valley High School and County College of Morris."</ref>
==Baseball career==
Drafted by the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in the 22nd round of the {{by|1994}} [[Major League Baseball Draft|MLB amateur draft]], Riggs would make his [[Major League Baseball]] debut with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] on August 7, {{by|1997}}.
Riggs gained notoriety after a {{by|2003}} game with the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Anaheim Angels]] in which he wore a uniform which featured the team name misspelled as "Angees", which appeared in [[Sports Illustrated]], and was also nominated for a [[This Year in Baseball Awards|This Year in Baseball Award]] for Most Bizarre Moment in 2003.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20031123&content_id=607504&vkey=news_ana&fext=.jsp&c_id=ana
|title=Riggs up for Most Bizarre Moment |author= Doug Miller |date=2003-11-23 |publisher=MLB.com | accessdate=2007-12-27}}</ref>
In {{by|2005}} he signed with the [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows|Yakult Swallows]] of Japan's [[Central League]].
==Mitchell Report==
{{see also|List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report}}
On [[December 13]], {{by|2007}}, Riggs was included in the [[Mitchell Report (baseball)|Mitchell Report]], in which it was alleged that he used steroids during his career. In the report, [[Kirk Radomski]] states that Riggs bought [[human growth hormone]], [[clenbuterol]], and [[Winstrol]] from him between [[July 10]], {{by|2003}} to [[November 30]], {{by|2005}}. Photocopies of five checks from Riggs to Radomski are included in the report to substantiate Radomski's accusations. Radomski claims Riggs was referred to him by [[Paul Lo Duca]]. Riggs declined to meet with the Mitchell investigators but provided a letter from his lawyer stating that he "never tested positive for improper substances".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://assets.espn.go.com/media/pdf/071213/mitchell_report.pdf | title = Mitchell Report pp. 211-12| format = PDF}}</ref>
Since 2005, Riggs has played in Japan where they conform with Olympic testing standards and has never tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-12-23-japan-mitchell-report_N.htm?csp=34
|title=Ripple effect felt in Japan over Mitchell Report |date=2007-12-24 |publisher=[[USA Today]] | accessdate=2007-12-26}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Major league players from Ohio]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Dodgers players]]
[[Category:San Diego Padres players]]
[[Category:Anaheim Angels players]]
[[Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows players]]
[[Category:Expatriate baseball players in Japan]]
[[Category:Major league second basemen]]
[[Category:Major league first basemen]]
[[Category:Major league outfielders]]
[[Category:People from Morris County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:People from Steubenville, Ohio]]
[[ja:アダム・リグス]]