#12 clayton daniel bellinger | 3b

2000 highlights:
hit .207 with 6hr and 21rbi in 98 games...played sevsn different positions for the yankees this year...made first start of season at 3b (for injured scott brosius) on 4/4 at anaheim...was 2-for-3 with 3rbi--his first career multi-rbi game--on 4/5 at anaheim...belted game-winning solo hr(#1) in 10th inning and was 1-for-1 on 4/19 at texas...was scratched from game on 5/17 vs. chicago with a bruised left shoulder sustained after being hit by a pitch on 5/16...did not play in three-game series at cleveland (5/19-21) with bruised left shoulder...started at ss on 5/24 at chicago...hit a game winning pinch-hit solo-hr in the seventh inning on 6/4 at atlanta, snapping a 6-6 tie (was first pinch-hit hr of his career and first by a yankee since 5/29/99 at toronto by shane spencer)...had a career-high five-game hitting streak from 5/26 to 6/6...hit .429 (6 for 14) during streak...was optioned to triple-a columbus on 7/6, in eight games with clippers batted .321 (9 for 28) before being recalled on 7/16...started in cf in 8/19 win vs. anaheim, the first of his career at that position...established a career high with three hits in 8/21 win vs. texas, going 3-for-3 with 1r, 1 double, 1rbi and 1bb...tied career highs with three hits (two times) and three rbi (two times) and was 3-for-3 with 2r, 2 triples and 3rbi on 8/26 at oakland...was first yankee to have two triples in a game since bernie williams on 8/1/99 at boston...made nine stright starts (eight in cf for injured williams) from 8/19-27, going 10-for-25 (.400) with 8rbi...started 19 of 30 ganes in cf for injured williams from 8/19-9/18...batted .343 (12-for-35) in august with 10r, 3 doubles, 2 triples, 1 rbi, 3sb, and 6bb...snapped a career-high 0-for-26 stretch with a second inning single on 9/16 vs. cleveland...it was the third-longest stretch of its kind by an american league player this season (tino martinez had a 0-for-28 streak in september and toronto\s tony batista had a streak of 27 straight hitless at-bats in july).

personal:
born: 11-18-68 - oneonta, ny. 1988: graduated from oneonta h.s. in 1986 and rollins college (winter park, fl.) in 1990. married: jennifer (3-6-94). children: ashli (10-3-92), cody (7-13-95), cole (10-12-99).