Brandon Inge

Brandon Inge
Inge with the Detroit Tigers
Third baseman / Catcher
Born: (1977-05-19) May 19, 1977 (age 47)
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 3, 2001, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
July 21, 2013, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average.233
Home runs152
Runs batted in648
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Charles Brandon Inge (/ˈɪn/ INJ; born May 19, 1977) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and catcher and currently a volunteer assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, one with the Oakland Athletics and one with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He bats and throws right-handed.

Sportswriter Jayson Stark described Inge as a "super-utility dervish."[1] In 2006, his diving stop and subsequent throw from his knees to put out Gary Bennett in an interleague game, on June 25 against the St. Louis Cardinals earned him the ESPN defensive play of the year for a third baseman.[2]

  1. ^ Stark, Jayson (July 12, 2008). "Honoring the very best (and worst) of the first half". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
  2. ^ "Brandon Inge Diving Stop". MLB.com. June 25, 2006.