Brent Lillibridge

Brent Lillibridge
Chicago White Sox – No. 18
Second Baseman/Outfielder
Born: September 18, 1983 (1983-09-18) Everett, Washington
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 26, 2008 for the Atlanta Braves
Career statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.220
Home runs	16
Runs batted in	56
Stolen Bases	23
Teams
Atlanta Braves (2008) Chicago White Sox (2009-present)

Medal record
Baseball
Competitor for United States
Pan American Games
Silver	Santo Domingo 2003	Baseball at the 2003 Pan American Games

Brent Stuart Lillibridge (born September 18, 1983, in Everett, Washington) is a Major League Baseball position player for the Chicago White Sox. He is known for his versatile playing skills, defensive prowess in the outfield, and is a utility player having started at every position except pitcher and catcher so far in his young career.

Baseball career

Lillibridge played for the University of Washington for three seasons, where he was named to the All-Pac 10 Conference Team for three straight seasons, before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round (121st overall) of the 2005 amateur entry draft. While at the University of Washington, he was teammates with future Cy Young Award-winner Tim Lincecum.

On January 17, 2007 he was traded by the Pirates with Mike González to the Braves for Adam LaRoche and Jamie Romak.

Lillibridge began the 2008 season in Triple-A for the Richmond Braves. He played 19 games and batted .195 with one home run before his contract was purchased on April 26, 2008. He made his major league debut on that same day against the New York Mets and had four at bats and struck out three times. He doubled for his first major league hit on June 25, 2008 at Toronto.

On July 12, 2008 in a game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park, Lillibridge hit his first major league home run against relief pitcher Joe Thatcher.

On December 4, 2008, he was traded along with C Tyler Flowers, 3B Jon Gilmore and P Santos Rodriguez to the White Sox for P Javier Vázquez and P Boone Logan.

On April 11, 2011, Lillibridge was a part of Chicago White Sox history when he hit a fifth inning home run off of Dallas Braden. It was the 10,000th home run hit in the 112 year history of White Sox baseball.

Lillibridge garnered notoriety and a significant amount of media coverage after he made two back-to-back, game-saving and game-ending defensive catches while playing right field on April 26, 2011. The catches comprised the two final outs of a game played against the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium and resulted in the Chicago White Sox getting the victory. While he has not batted many times yet in the 2011 baseball season, Lillibridge has a batting average of .273 as of June 12.

On October 23, 2011 Brent's wife, Stephanie, gave birth to their first child, a boy named Cohen.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)