Danny Ardoin
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: July 8, 1974 Ville Platte, Louisiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 2, 2000, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 26, 2008, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .206 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 35 | ||
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Daniel Wayne Ardoin (born July 8, 1974) is a former American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball with the Minnesota Twins (2000), Texas Rangers (2004), Colorado Rockies (2005–2006), Baltimore Orioles (2006) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2008).
Ardoin attended Sacred Heart High School in Ville Platte, Louisiana, where he played for Scott Carter and helped lead the Trojans to a state title in 1992. He was also a letterman in football, baseball, golf and track. In baseball, he was named the Class AA Most Valuable Player as a senior. Ardoin was heavily recruited as a senior by the Seattle Mariners and the Cincinnati Reds, but chose to play JUCO ball at Texarkana Junior College, and then attended McNeese State University.
Ardoin was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1995 MLB draft, and made his professional baseball debut with the Southern Oregon A's in the Northwest League. He made his way up through the A's farm system between 1996 and 2000, playing for the Modesto A's, Visalia Oaks, Huntsville Stars, Vancouver Canadians, and Sacramento River Cats.
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