Terrmel Sledge

Terrmel Sledge
Terrmel Sledge
	File:TerrmelSledge.jpg Sledge, playing for the Padres in 2007
San Diego Padres – No. 8
	Left fielder
	Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
	April 6, 2004, for the Montreal Expos
Career statistics ; (through April 30, 2007)
AVG	.259
OBP	.338
HR	21
Former teams
	Montreal Expos (2004); Washington Nationals (2005); San Diego Padres (2006-present);

Terrmel ("Mel") Sledge (born March 18, 1977 in Fayetteville, North Carolina) is a Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres. Sledge is an outfielder whose career began in 2004 with the Montréal Expos. He moved with the team to Washington the following season as the Expos relocated to the American capital, and hit the first ever home run for the 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 Padres in a six player deal on December 20, 2005.
His best season came in 2004, when he batted .269/.336/.462 with 15 home runs and 62 RBI.

Before playing with Montreal and the major leagues, Sledge played with the Edmonton Trappers shortly before the team was moved to Round Rock.

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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