Brandon Inge
| Brandon Inge | |||
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Inge with the Detroit Tigers
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| Third baseman / Catcher | |||
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Born: May 19, 1977 Lynchburg, Virginia |
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| 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 | ||
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Charles Brandon Inge (/ˈɪndʒ/ INJ; born May 19, 1977) is a former American professional baseball third baseman and catcher. 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.
Sportswriter Jayson Stark described Inge as a "super-utility dervish." 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.
Inge played baseball at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Virginia, also playing American Legion Baseball. He was named Legion Baseball's 2010 Graduate of the Year. Brookville retired Inge's uniform number (7).
He then attended Virginia Commonwealth University, where he played on the baseball team as a shortstop and relief pitcher. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round in the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.
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