1. Benjamin Isaac Broussard was born on September 24,1976 and is an American former professional baseball first baseman.
39 Facts About Ben Broussard
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Ben Broussard is currently a musician and Leadership Development Coordinator for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.
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On that album Ben Broussard sang U2's "With or Without You".
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Ben Broussard was born in Beaumont, Texas and graduated from Hardin-Jefferson High School in Sour Lake, Texas in 1995.
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Ben Broussard played college baseball at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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Ben Broussard was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft.
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Ben Broussard was among ranked second in hitting and tied for third in home runs in the Reds Minor Leagues.
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Ben Broussard began his professional career by reaching base safely in each of his first 44 games, three short of the all-time record held by Alvin Davis.
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When Ben Broussard was promoted to Clinton he was leading the Pioneer League in home runs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits and extra-base hits and was second in batting and RBIs.
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Ben Broussard was named to the Baseball America Short-Season All-Star Team.
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In 2000 Ben Broussard was selected to the Southern League All-Star team but was sidelined with a broken right wrist.
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Ben Broussard ranked tied for fourth in the Southern League with 72 walks.
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Ben Broussard appeared in 70 games in the outfield and 15 at first base.
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Ben Broussard appeared in 17 games for Grand Canyon in the Arizona Fall League.
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Ben Broussard led the SL in slugging percentage, ranked second in on-base percentage and ranked fifth in home runs and was a Topps Double-A All-Star.
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Ben Broussard was named Southern League Batter of the Week three times and on the year appeared in 123 games at first base and three in the outfield.
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Ben Broussard was a member of Team USA that won a silver medal in the 2001 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan along with Josh Bard and Jason Stanford.
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Ben Broussard began the 2002 season with the Triple-A Louisville Bats, hitting.
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Ben Broussard was named the Cincinnati organization's best hitter for average and sixth-best prospect by Baseball America entering the 2002 season.
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Ben Broussard spent most of the 2003 season in the Major Leagues with Cleveland and teamed with Travis Hafner in the second half to solidify the first base position.
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Ben Broussard hit his first home run of the season off of Freddy Garcia.
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Ben Broussard finished eighth among American League rookies in runs scored with 53, tenth in on-base percentage with.
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In 2004 Ben Broussard had a solid offensive season after getting off to a slow start to begin the campaign.
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Ben Broussard finished fourth on the team with a career-high 80 RBIs in just 415 at-bats.
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Ben Broussard led all American League hitters in RBIs among those with 425 at-bats or less, only Barry Bonds and Jason Bay had more in the Major Leagues.
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Ben Broussard became just the fourth player in Major League baseball history and the first since Darryl Strawberry in 1998 to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in the same season.
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Ben Broussard appeared in 133 games at first base, making 107 starts.
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Ben Broussard finished eighth among AL first basemen in fielding percentage at.
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Ben Broussard patrolled first base for most of the 2005 season as he was again Eric Wedge's first baseman against right-handed pitchers.
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Ben Broussard had an inconsistent offensive season, but came on over the last six weeks of the season to post a career-high 19 homers in 142 games.
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Ben Broussard went on to have a successful stint with the Indians, and was traded to the Seattle Mariners on July 26,2006, for outfielder Shin-Soo Choo and a player to be named later.
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Ben Broussard had four hits for the third time of the season in that game.
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Ben Broussard hit a home run in his first game with the Mariners.
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On December 12,2007, Ben Broussard was traded to the Texas Rangers for infielder Tug Hulett.
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On May 8,2008, Ben Broussard was designated for assignment by the Rangers, and on May 15, he was released.
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Ben Broussard signed in 2013 with the Mexico City Red Devils.
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Ben Broussard is one of only five Major League Baseball players to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in the same season.
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Ben Broussard started playing guitar at the age of 15 and played in a grunge cover band while attending college.
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Ben Broussard said this about changing his career path to a professional musician:.