Scott Podsednik

Scott Podsednik
Podsednik with the Boston Red Sox
Outfielder
Born: (1976-03-18) March 18, 1976 (age 40) West, Texas
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 6, 2001, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 2012, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.281
Home runs	42
Runs batted in	312
Stolen bases	309
Teams
Seattle Mariners (2001–2002) Milwaukee Brewers (2003–2004) Chicago White Sox (2005–2007) Colorado Rockies (2008) Chicago White Sox (2009) Kansas City Royals (2010) Los Angeles Dodgers (2010) Boston Red Sox (2012)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2005) World Series champion (2005) NL stolen base leader (2004)

Scott Eric Podsednik (/pədˈsɛdnᵻk/; born March 18, 1976) is an American former professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Best known for his baserunning, Podsednik led the major leagues in stolen bases in 2004 with 70, in times caught stealing in 2005 with 23, and the American League in times caught stealing in 2006 with 19. He won the World Series with the 2005 Chicago White Sox, hitting a walk-off home run in Game 2.

Podsednik was drafted out of West High School in the 3rd round, 85th overall, in the 1994 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers. He began his professional career with the Gulf Coast Rangers in 1994. The Rangers traded him (along with Wilson Heredia) to the Florida Marlins for pitcher Bobby Witt on October 8, 1995. He spent the next two seasons playing for the Marlins class-A affiliates.

On December 15, 1997 he returned to the Rangers in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft. He was promoted to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in 1998. He remained with Tulsa through the 2000 season when he was granted free agency.