Editing Brandon Inge (section)

===Oakland Athletics===
Inge agreed to sign with the [[Oakland Athletics]] on April 29, 2012, on a $5.5&nbsp;million deal.<ref>[http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2012/04/29/brandon-inge-agrees-to-sign-with-the-as/ Brandon Inge agrees to sign with the A's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430022510/http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2012/04/29/brandon-inge-agrees-to-sign-with-the-as/ |date=April 30, 2012 }} ''The San Francisco Chronicle'', April 29, 2012</ref> The signing provided infield depth for Oakland, who lost [[Scott Sizemore]] to a knee injury. He initially wore number 18, but switched to number 7 after a few games (his old #15 was worn by teammate [[Seth Smith]]). In his first game against the Tigers a week later, Inge hit a [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]]. On September 1, after dislocating his shoulder for the second time within a month, Inge was forced to undergo season ending shoulder surgery.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130120020328/http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-oakland-athletics/athletics-talk/Inge-re-injures-shoulder-will-need-seaso?blockID=766769&feedID=2539] ''CSN Bayarea'' September 1, 2012</ref>