Brad Strauss; "Mr. Rivershark" - 2003 Atlantic League Batting Champion

Autographed 2003 Camden Riversharks Choice Team Set Card #25

Out of Haddon Township, New Jersey, Brad Strauss had a professional baseball career that stretch fourteen years and by the time he retired “Mr. Rivershark” had spent seven of those years with the Camden Riversharks. The third baseman/infielder had accumulated 889 Hits, 177 Doubles, 391 RBI’s, 497 Runs and 36 Triples in his career with the Atlantic League.

The culmination of Strauss’ career came in 2003, when he was trailing in a batting title race with less than a week left in the season. In the last three games of that season, Strauss went 7 for 9 and claimed the Atlantic League Batting Crown with a .331 mark.

In 2007, The Camden Riversharks retired Strauss’ uniform number, 16, which is the only former Camden player to date to be so honored.