Jason Gilbert Giambi (born January 8, 1971) is a
Major League Baseball designated hitter for the New
York Yankees.
He was the American League MVP in 2000 with the
Oakland Athletics, and is a 5-time All-Star who has
led the American League in walks 4 times, in on base
percentage 3 times, in doubles and in slugging
percentage once each, and won the Silver Slugger
award twice. He attended Long Beach State.
Through December 2006, he is 4th in the majors of
all active players in hit by pitch (127; he has been
hit 8 times by David Wells in 30 at bats), 6th in on
base percentage (.413), and 8th in walks (1,089).
He also is 3rd in the majors in the 2000s, through
2006, in both OBP (.438) and walks (551), 10th in
slugging percentage (.582), 13th in home runs (175),
and 16th in RBIs (526). Giambi is also known to have
taken performance-enhancing drugs during his career,
an action for which he has publicly apologized.
