Gregory Paul Bird, well known as Greg Bird is a professional baseball first baseman, who currently performs for the New York Yankees. He made his MLB debut on August 13, 2015.
Bird was born on November 9, 1992, in Memphis, Tennessee. He is an American by nationality and is of white ethnicity. Born with the great wisdom and talent, his zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Bird went to Grandview High School in Aurora, Colorado, where he played as a catcher for his school team.
As a senior, Bird was named the Colorado Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year.
Upon high school career, he committed to play baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team.
The New York Yankees drafted Bird in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, receiving a $1.1 million signing bonus.
In 2011, Bird made his debut for the Golf Coast Yankees. Due to the severe injuries, he played only 28 games in 2012.
Birds begin 2013 season with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League.
At the end of 2013, Bird bagged the Kevin Lawn Award as the Yankees Minor League Player of the Year.
In 2014, Bird played for the Tampa Yankees and Scottsdale Scorpions.
On August 13, 2015, Yankees was promoted to the major leagues. On August 15, he had his first single off of against the Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins.
On August 19, Bird hit his first two MLB home runs against the Minnesota Twins.
In 2015-16 season, Bird suffered a shoulder injury. However, he was properly diagnosed and underwent a successful surgery, and ruled out for the entire 2016 season.
In spring 2017, Bird showed full recovery and hit eight home runs against the Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper.
In July 2017, Bird diagnosed with the os trigonum in his right foot.
Bird is the player who came into the limelight for his professional life rather than for his personal life.
Bird has not shown any intention to look for any relationship, focuses on his career rather than for the love life.
Until now, there is no any info about his affair, girlfriend, dating history or marriage life.
Apart from baseball, he is fond of traveling. He loves seafood and Grilled Salmon is one of them.
Bird has a perfect persona and a physical appearance to endeavor it. He has a perfect height of 6’3 and weighs 100 kg.
Bird worked very hard to establish himself as one of the prominent members of Yankees. He was top in his performance. He has earned a lot in his career. As of 2016, he has an impressive salary of $525,300.
