Editing Brandon Inge (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Brandon Inge
|image=Brandon Inge 2010.jpg
|caption=Inge with the Detroit Tigers
|position=[[Third baseman]] / [[Catcher]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1977|5|19}}
|birth_place=[[Lynchburg, Virginia]], U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague=MLB
|debutdate=April 3
|debutyear=2001
|debutteam=Detroit Tigers
|finalleague=MLB
|finaldate=July 21
|finalyear=2013
|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|statleague=MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.233
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=152
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=648
|teams=
*[[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|2001}}–{{mlby|2012}})
*[[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|2012}})
*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|2013}})
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2009]])
}}
'''Charles Brandon Inge''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|dʒ}} {{respell|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]]."<ref>{{cite web | title=Honoring the very best (and worst) of the first half | first=Jayson | last=Stark | work=[[ESPN.com]] | date=July 12, 2008 | access-date=July 14, 2008 | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=3483646}}</ref> In 2006, his diving stop and subsequent throw from his knees to put out [[Gary Bennett (baseball)|Gary Bennett]] in an [[Interleague play|interleague game]], on June 25 against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] earned him the [[ESPN]] defensive play of the year for a third baseman.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w_id=502758&w=mms%3A//a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2006/open/tp/archive06/062506_slndet_inge_def_tp_350.wmv&pid=mlb_tp&gid=2006/06/25/slnmlb-detmlb-1&mid=200606251522891&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp350&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1
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 | title=Brandon Inge Diving Stop | date=June 25, 2006 | work=MLB.com}}</ref>