Adam Lind

The next day, Lind hit his 30th home run of the season, joining teammate Aaron Hill with thirty or more home runs.

Adam Alan Lind (born July 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball first baseman.

He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals.

Lind has also appeared as a designated hitter and in left field.

Lind was born in Muncie, Indiana, on July 17, 1983, and later moved to Anderson, Indiana, where he attended Highland High School.

He has an older sister, Allison.

He went on to tie the Blue Jays record of 11 RBI in five games to start the season, set by Carlos Delgado in 2001.

Lind ended April with four homers, 20 RBIs and a .315 batting average in 23 games.

In a game against the Texas Rangers on August 31, Lind hit a grand slam, the first of his career, and had a career single-game high eight RBI.

Lind was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the eighth round (242nd overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft.

He did not sign with the Twins, and attended the University of South Alabama in 2003 and 2004 before being drafted by the Jays in 2004 as a draft-eligible sophomore.

In 2003, he was named as a Freshman second team All-American first baseman and played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

In 2004, he was named a Sun Belt Conference All-Star outfielder.

The Toronto Blue Jays selected Lind in the third round, with the 83rd overall selection of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft.

In his first professional season, Lind hit .312 with seven home runs and 50 runs batted in 70 games for the Low-A Auburn Doubledays.

He was promoted to the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays in 2005, where he batted .313 with 12 home runs and 84 RBI in 126 games played.

Lind was a September call-up for the Blue Jays in 2006, and his first major league hit, a double, came on September 2 against Lenny DiNardo of the Boston Red Sox.

He hit his first major league career home run on September 10 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim off fellow rookie Jered Weaver.

In 18 games at the major league level in 2006, Lind hit .367 with two home runs and 8 RBI.

In the minors that season, Lind batted .330 with 24 home runs and 89 RBI split between the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Triple-A Syracuse SkyChiefs.

For his efforts in Double-A, he was named the 2006 Eastern League MVP.

On September 14, Lind drove in three runs to reach 100 RBIs on the season, becoming the first Blue Jay to do so since Troy Glaus and Vernon Wells in 2006.

Lind was called up on April 13, 2007, from Syracuse to replace Reed Johnson, who was placed on the disabled list with a herniated disc in his back.

Lind was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on July 7, 2007, when Johnson was activated from the disabled list.

For the 2007 season, Lind had a .238 batting average with 11 homers and 46 RBI.

After a poor start to the 2008 season, Lind was demoted to Triple-A.

He subsequently hit .300 at the Triple-A level and earned a call-up again to the Blue Jays on June 21, 2008.

After being recalled, Lind finished the 2008 season hitting .282 with nine homers and 40 RBI in 88 games.

In 2009, Lind won the Silver Slugger Award and the Edgar Martínez Award.

In 2009, Lind was the Opening Day designated hitter for the Blue Jays and drove in six runs against the Detroit Tigers, a Blue Jay Opening Day record, propelling the Jays to a 12–5 victory.

He became the second Blue Jay of the 2009 season (after Lyle Overbay) to win AL Player of the Week (for the week ending September 6), sharing the award with Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria.

On September 29, 2009, Lind hit three home runs in a game against the Boston Red Sox.

He finished the 2009 season with a .305 batting average, 35 home runs, 114 RBI, 46 doubles, and 179 hits.

Lind won the Edgar Martinez Award as the outstanding DH for the 2009 season on December 15, 2009.

He became the third Jay to win the award.

Previous Jays to win the award were Dave Winfield and Paul Molitor.

Lind also received the American League Silver Slugger Award for designated hitter.

On April 3, 2010, Lind signed a four-year contract extension with the Blue Jays.

He would earn $400,000 in the 2010 season, with a $600,000 signing bonus, and $5 million per season for 2011, 2012 and 2013.

The Blue Jays also had the right to exercise yearly club options of $7 million for 2014 (or buy out the contract for $2 million), $7.5 million for 2015 (or $1.5 million buyout), and $8 million for 2016 (or $500,000 buyout).