Adam Michael Melhuse...graduated from Lincoln High School (Stockton, CA) in 1990 where he played baseball and basketball...played collegiately for one year at Santa Clara University and for two years at UCLA...was an All-Pac 10 Conference selection as a junior.

Played for five different teams during the season, including his first big league stints with Los Angeles and Colorado...opened the year with the Dodgers' Double-A San Antonio affiliate, then was promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque on April 24...was recalled to the majors for the first time May 29, but returned to Albuquerque three days later without seeing any big league action...rejoined the Dodgers on June 16 and made his ML debut that evening vs. St. Louis, going 0 for 1 as a pinch-hitter...the next day, he was traded to the Rockies...went 0 for 4 as a pinchhitter before being sent to Triple-A Colorado Springs on June 28...returned to the majors August 21...recorded his first big league hit in memorable fashion on August 22, a 12th-inning game-winning single off Atlanta's Stan Belinda to give the Rockies a 7-6 victory.