1999 Team Set

• 5/13/7: Leaving the Diamond "You were the best player on your high school team, maybe even in the league, star player in college culminating in being drafted by a major league team.Next thing you know you’re bouncing between organizations, earning the dreaded title of an “organization” or “4A”player” and then you’re finished with baseball in your mid-twenties trying to figure out what to do with your life."

• 4/17/6: Greg homered in his third straight game as visiting Huntsville topped Montgomery, 5-2, on Monday. The Stars never trailed after taking a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Sain's two-run homer and Callix Crabbe's solo shot. Sain has four homers and 10 RBIs in eight games.

• All-Star designated hitter  Greg Sain. Sain batted just .235 for the season but crushed 28 home runs, first in the league, and knocked in 74 runs.

• 8/15/5: Doubles three times

• 4/23/3: Padres Spotlight: Greg Sain "Like many of the Fort Wayne players, Sain comes from a baseball-playing family. His father, Tom Sain (73-74), played in the Minnesota Twins' and Houston Astros' organizations, making it as high as Triple-A. His older brother Grady played college baseball. "My dad is my biggest mentor, my biggest critic, my biggest pick-me-up when I need it," Sain said. "He's totally for me, to advance me as far as he can, and he's been very critical as far as my maturation throughout my career. Basically, I think a lot of the tools that I have have definitely been defined by him."

• MILB Hilite 4/18: LAKE ELSINORE (CAL) 3B Greg Sain, who led the Short-Season Class A Northwest League in home runs in 2001 with 16, went 2-for-4 and drove in four runs for Lake Elsinore. A fifth-round pick of the San Diego Padres two years ago, Sain hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning and then crushed his second home run of the year, knocking in all three runs in the third.  NORWICH (EAST)

• 1/13/3: Sain Player Page

• 8/30/1: Named to All-Northwest League Team

• 6/6/1: Drafted by Padres in Fifth Round Round Five - 125 Overall (56K)

• 6/3: Named to WCC Second Team His 16 homers ranks second all-time in USD history... Sain’s 34 career homers ranks 4th all-time; he is also 4th all-time with 51 career doubles.

• 4/14: West Coast Conference Player of Week

• 3/18: 3-for-5 in USD rout of Purdue

• 1/30: 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs in Torero Season Opener

2000 Team Set

The first local product selected was USD 3B/C Greg Sain. Sain, a junior was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round (150).  Sain hit .332 with a city best 16 homers to go with 52 RBI. Real Player Clip- 56K - 300K

Sain brings the family name, talent back to Fairbanks

Greg Sain has connections. Just his name conjures admiration in the eyes of old-timers who remember watching his father, infielder Tommy Sain, hit his way to two unforgettable seasons, topping the Goldpanner clubs in both 1973 and ’74 with batting averages above .300. Over the years, the elder Sain has remained good friends with Goldpanners GM Don Dennis.

He played his first season with the Panners last summer.  He had heard the stories of his father’s days in Fairbanks and wanted to experience them for himself. Although the 1999 summer was cut short for Greg because of a broken bone in his arm, he had seen enough to know that he wanted to return. more...

Lake Elsinore Storm 2003

Batting Stats

Ft. Wayne Wizards 2002

2002 - Began the season on the Disabled List recovering from off-season shoulder surgery...was activated May 4 and spent the entire campaign at Single-A Fort Wayne, batting .245 with 13 homers and 57 RBI in 105 games...led the club in hit by pitch (12) and ranked 2nd in home runs and slugging percentage (.421)...homered in 3 consecutive games July 1-3 at Quad City...went 4-for-5 with a double, homer and a career-best 5 RBI in a 11-7 win July 27 vs. Dayton...had a career-high 5 hits, 2 doubles and 3 RBI in an 11-inning, 9-8 victory August 17 at Burlington.

Batting Stats

Goldpanners Statistics 1999-00

Batting Stats

USD Toreros 1999-2001

Batting Stats