Rondell White
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| Free agent — No. | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: February 23, 1972 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 1, 1993 for the Montreal Expos | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007 season) |
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| Batting average | .284 |
| Runs batted in | 768 |
| Home runs | 198 |
| Teams | |
Rondell Bernard White (born February 23, 1972 in Milledgeville, Georgia) is an outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball, and currently is a free agent. His career batting average is .284 and his career slugging percentage is .465.
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[edit] Draft/current career
Drafted by the Montreal Expos with the 24th overall pick in the 1990 draft, White played there from 1993-2000. He also has played for the Chicago Cubs (2000-2001), New York Yankees (2002), San Diego Padres (2003), Kansas City Royals (2003), Detroit Tigers (2004-2005), and most recently the Minnesota Twins (2006-2007). White is presently an unsigned free agent.
[edit] Pre-Major League baseball career
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 was selected to the USA Today and Collegiate Baseball All-America squads that year. During his final four seasons with the Expos, he purchased 200 tickets for each Sunday home game for underprivileged children in the Montreal area.
On December 13, 2007, White was mentioned in the Mitchell Report in connection to steroids.
[edit] See also
- Top 500 home run hitters of all time
- Hitting for the cycle
- Montreal Expos all-time roster
- List of Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- For White, admitting the problem was the toughest step (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Has the real Rondell White finally arrived? (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Season's 1st AB sets tone for Rondell White (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Baseball-Almanac.com - statistics page
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