Brandon Inge
American baseball player (born 1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Brandon Inge (/ˈɪndʒ/ INJ; born May 19, 1977) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and catcher and currently a volunteer assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, one with the Oakland Athletics and one with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He bats and throws right-handed.
Brandon Inge | |
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Third baseman / Catcher | |
Born: (1977-05-19) May 19, 1977 (age 46) Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 3, 2001, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 21, 2013, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .233 |
Home runs | 152 |
Runs batted in | 648 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Sportswriter Jayson Stark described Inge as a "super-utility dervish."[1] In 2006, his diving stop and subsequent throw from his knees to put out Gary Bennett in an interleague game, on June 25 against the St. Louis Cardinals earned him the ESPN defensive play of the year for a third baseman.[2]