Brandon Inge
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| Third baseman | |
| Born: May 19, 1977 Lynchburg , United States 
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| Strikes: Right | Throws: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| April 3, 2001 with the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics (until the end of the 2013 season) |
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| Batting average | , 233 |
| Home runs | 152 |
| Runs Batted In | 648 |
| Hits | 1.166 |
| Strikeouts | 1.306 |
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Charles Brandon Inge ( ˈɪndʒ ; born May 19, 1977 in Lynchburg , Virginia ) is an American who is currently Without Club and is referred to as a so-called Free Agent . He is 1.80 m tall and weighs 88 kg.
Career
Brandon Inge was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1998 second round of the MLB Draft . He played as a catcher until 2004 , but was transferred to third base after the acquisition of Iván Rodríguez .
In the first half of 2006, he hit 17 home runs , the second-most of his team, but only had a batting average of .221. In the second half he beat .251 and the second most of the Tigers with 27 homers. On October 27, 2006, the closer of the St. Louis Cardinals , Adam Wainwright reached in game 5 of the 2006 World Series in the ninth inning the last and decisive out against Inge, who ended the game with a strikeout and made the Cardinals World Series Champion.
In 2008 he temporarily returned to his previous position as catcher after the Tigers transferred Ivan Rodriguez to the New York Yankees in July 2008 . The 2009 season began Inge, however, again as a third baseman. For the first time that year, he was elected to the American League All-Star Team . After the end of the season he had to undergo surgery on both knees, but was able to play on third base again at the beginning of the 2010 season . On August 26, 2010, he reached his 1000th hit in a game against the Kansas City Royals . One month later, on September 25, 2010, his 1,100th strikeout came - a new team record. After the season ended, Inge extended his contract with the Tigers for another two years for $ 11.5 million.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Yankees find their catcher for stretch, trade for Rodriguez - MLB - ESPN . In: sports.espn.go.com . Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ↑ Brandon Inge, Shane Victorino voted into All-Star Game by fans - ESPN . In: sports.espn.go.com . Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ↑ Inge undergoes successful knee surgery . In: detroit.tigers.mlb.com . Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Inge sets Tigers franchise mark for strikeouts . In: detroit.tigers.mlb.com . Archived from the original on September 28, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Tigers ink Inge to two-year contract . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved October 25, 2010.
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| SURNAME | Inge, Brandon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Inge, Charles Brandon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lynchburg , Virginia |