Pre-major Leagues
Giambi played baseball at Long Beach State University.
Giambi was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round in 1992, and started his career that year with the short season single A Northwest League's Southern Oregon A's, where he hit .317 in just 13 appearances.
He then spent the 1993 season playing for the Modesto A's, the Oakland Athletics' single A farm team.
He was a member of the fourth place United States national baseball team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Before making it into MLB, Giambi played a season for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks, Alaska, in the Alaska Baseball League. Giambi also played for the Huntsville Stars in the Southern League.
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