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American baseball player
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17 September 1982(Scott Air Force Base)
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Biography
Daniel Chris "Danny" Putnam (born September 17, 1982 in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois) is an American professional baseball outfielder. 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 was drafted by the A's in 2004.
He played parts of three seasons in the minors before being called up in April 2007. 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.