Terrmel Sledge
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: March 18, 1977 Fayetteville, North Carolina |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: April 6, 2004, for the Montreal Expos | |||
| NPB: 2008, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| MLB: October 1, 2007, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| NPB: June 13, 2012, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .247 | ||
| Home runs | 25 | ||
| Runs batted in | 100 | ||
| Career statistics | |||
| Batting average | .263 | ||
| Home runs | 96 | ||
| Runs batted in | 315 | ||
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Terrmel Sledge (born March 18, 1977) is a retired American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Yokohama BayStars. He is currently the hitting coach for the Tulsa Drillers in the Texas League.
Sledge's career began in 2004 with the Montreal Expos. He moved with the team to Washington, D.C. the following season as the Expos relocated to the American capital, and hit the first-ever home run for the Washington Nationals. He was traded to the Texas Rangers along with fellow outfielder Brad Wilkerson for second baseman Alfonso Soriano on December 7, 2005. He was then traded to the San Diego Padres in a six-player deal on December 20.
His best season came in 2004, when he batted .269/.336/.462 with 15 home runs and 62 runs batted in. On October 3, 2004, Sledge recorded the final RBI in Expos history when he drove in Jamey Carroll in a game against the New York Mets.
Sledge prepped at John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, California and graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1999.
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