Adam Engel #15

Married Jaime … has one daughter: Clarke...Twitter: @ManOfSteal_10...Attended the University of Louisville … was named Third Team All-Big East in 2013 and Second Team in 2012...Is a 2010 graduate of Loveland (Ohio) High School … played baseball, basketball and football.

Made 91 starts in center field with the White Sox...Batted .319 (15-47) over his first 17 games with the Sox and .138 (35-254) over his final 80...Was recalled from Class AAA Charlotte on 5/27 … made his major-league debut that day as a pinch runner in Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Detroit...Made his first career start in Game 2 of the DH vs. the Tigers, playing center field and batting ninth … recorded his first hit, a single off Shane Greene in the eighth...Collected his first multihit efforts in back-to-back games on 6/8 at Tampa Bay and 6/9 at Cleveland... Was optioned back to the Knights following the game on 6/9...He and wife, Jaime, welcomed their first child, daughter Clarke, on 6/12...Was recalled for the second time on 6/20 … doubled on 6/21 at Minnesota for his first extra-base hit … collected his first two RBI and recorded a career-high four hits on 6/22 at Minnesota...Hit his first career home run on 6/25 vs. Oakland, a solo shot off Sonny Gray in the third inning... Hit a go-ahead, bases-clearing double on 7/23 at Kansas Cit… broke a 1-1 tie with a game-winning, solo homer in the sixth on 7/24 at the Cubs...Made an over-the-wall leaping catch in center field to rob Brian McCann of a home run on 8/8 vs. Houston...Hit two triples on 8/11 vs. Kansas City, the first Sox player to accomplish that feat Alejandro De Aza on 8/16/11 vs. Cleveland...Went 3-4 with a solo home run and three RBI on 9/11 at Kansas City … marked his third multihit effort in his last four games after recording zero in his previous 25 contests... Was 0-21 with one RBI, three walks and two runs scored over his final eight games of the season from 9/24-10/1... Appeared in 46 games with Class AAA Charlotte...Entered the season ranked by MLB.com as the No. 12 Prospect in the Sox system … also tabbed by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Outfielder in the Sox organization...Attended a player symposium in Washington D.C. in January hosted by Major League Baseball and the MLBPA.

Combined to hit .259/.344/.406 with 30 doubles, 12 triples, seven home runs, 46 RBI, 90 runs scored, 45 stolen bases and 56 walks over 129 games between Class A Winston-Salem, Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte. His 45 steals tied for fifth-most in the minor leagues, and his 12 triples tied for sixth. Ranked among the Sox organizational leaders in triples (1st), runs scored (1st), stolen bases (1st), extra-base hits (T1st, 49), total bases (3rd, 207), walks (3rd), doubles (T4th) and hits (T5th). Opened the season with Birmingham before being transferred to Winston-Salem on 5/9 … recorded eight multihit efforts with the Dash before being promoted back to the Barons on 5/24. Compiled a 12-game hitting streak with the Barons from 7/5-16 (.426, 23-54) … was transferred to the Knights on 7/18 for the remainder of 2016. Entered the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 7 Prospect, Fastest Baserunner and Best Defensive Outfielder in the White Sox organization.