Rondell White | |
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Left fielder / Center fielder | |
Born: Milledgeville, Georgia | February 23, 1972|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 1, 1993, for the Montreal Expos | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 30, 2007, for the Minnesota Twins | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .284 |
Home runs | 198 |
Runs batted in | 768 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Rondell Bernard White (born February 23,1972) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter. [1] As well as being a solid defensive player,White also had a batting average of .300 or higher for four consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2001. [1]
White is a 1990 graduate of Jones County High School in Gray,Georgia,where he played baseball and basketball. He was the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Player of the Year in 1990 and was also selected to the USA Today and Collegiate Baseball All-America squads that year.
White was drafted by the Montreal Expos as the 24th overall pick in the first round of 1990 Major League Baseball draft as a compensation pick from the California Angels for signing Mark Langston. White played in the Expos' minor league system for four years from 1990 to 1994. [2] [3] In 1993,White posted an impressive .380 batting average in 42 games for the Ottawa Lynx of the International League,earning him a promotion to the Expos. [4] He made his major league debut on September 1,1993 at the age of 21. [3]
On June 11,1995,White had the best game of his career when he hit for the cycle and had 6 hits in 7 at bats during a thirteen-inning game against the San Francisco Giants. [5] He became the fourth Expos player in team history to hit for the cycle (preceded by Tim Foli on April 22,1976,Chris Speier on July 20,1978,and Tim Raines on August 16,1987). [5] He had two singles,two doubles,an extra-inning triple,and a home run. [5]
In 1997,White hit a career-high 28 home runs for the Expos. He also led the National League center fielders with 379 putouts and 3 double plays and finished the 1997 season ranked second in the league with a 2.7 Defensive Wins Above Replacement (WAR). [6] On July 31,2000,the Expos traded White to the Chicago Cubs for Scott Downs. [7]
After playing two seasons for the Cubs,he signed a two-year deal with the New York Yankees on December 17,2001. [8] On March 19,2003 he was traded from the Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Bubba Trammell and Mark Phillips. [9] That year he was named as a reserve player for the National League team in the 2003 All-Star Game. [10] On August 26,2003 he was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Chris Tierney and Brian Sanches. [11] He ended the 2003 season with a career-high 87 runs batted in between the two teams. [1] After the season,he became a free agent and signed with the Detroit Tigers. [12] After two seasons with the Tigers,he signed with the Minnesota Twins on December 22,2005. [13] White played in his final major league game on September 30,2007 at the age of 35. [1]
In a fifteen-year major league career,White played in 1,474 games,accumulating 1,519 hits in 5,357 at bats for a .284 career batting average along with 198 home runs,768 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .336. [1] [3] He led the league in putouts in 1997,twice led the league in fielding percentage as an outfielder and retired with a .990 fielding percentage as a center fielder and a .986 fielding percentage as a left fielder. [1]
On December 13,2007,White was mentioned in the Mitchell Report in connection to steroids. [14]
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