Adam Boeve
| AB | 2065 |
|---|---|
| AVG | .284 |
| OBP | .372 |
| SLG | .479 |
| HR | 88 |
- Full name Adam Dean Boeve
- Born 06/20/1980 in Rock Valley, IA
- Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 213 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Northern Iowa
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Drafted in the 12th round (345th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2003.
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OF Adam Boeve was a baseball/football/track star in high school and originally came to Northern Iowa on a football scholarship. He began his baseball career with the Panthers as a catcher. The Missouri Valley Conference player of the year, Boeve has solid tools across the board. As a redshirt junior, he can be draft-and-followed.
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Boeve, whose name rhymes with movie, was a three-sport star in high school in Doon, Iowa, playing football, basketball and track. He went to Northern Iowa on a football scholarship to play safety but wound up winning Missouri Valley Conference player-of-the-year honors in baseball as a senior in 2003. After a lackluster pro debut at Williamsport that summer, Boeve has shown the ability to hit for both power and average. He has a mature approach at the plate and looks to hit the ball up the middle because he has the power to hit the ball out to the opposite field. Boeve is prone to striking out. He has a high leg kick and Double-A pitchers were able to exploit it at times, so he may have to tone it down. He's an average defender at best, with a bit above-average range and a bit below-average arm. He held his own in the Arizona Fall League at the end of the season. At 25, he's a bit old for a prospect. The Pirates will try to push him to Triple-A in 2006, though he'll probably start the year back in Double-A.
