Danny Putnam
Daniel Chris "Danny" Putnam is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics.Career
As a student at Rancho Bernardo High School in 2001, he was named the USA Today California High School Player of the Year. He attended Stanford University, and in 2002 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the A's in the first round of the 2004 MLB Draft.
He played parts of three seasons in the minors before being called up in April. Putnam returned to the minors in May 2007 when Milton Bradley returned from an injury.
He was designated for assignment on January 11, 2008, and started the year playing for their Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats.
In 2010 Putnam played for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League.
