Orlando Hudson | |||||||||||||||
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Second baseman | |||||||||||||||
Born: Darlington, South Carolina, U.S. | December 12, 1977|||||||||||||||
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
July 24, 2002, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
October 3, 2012, for the Chicago White Sox | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .273 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 93 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 542 | ||||||||||||||
Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Orlando Thill Hudson (born December 12, 1977) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2012 with the Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox. Hudson was known for his fielding abilities, and for making spectacular lunging catches and diving stabs at grounders. His defensive talents were recognized in 2005, when he won his first American League Gold Glove Award while with the Toronto Blue Jays.