Dave Lindstrom

David William Lindstrom

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 195 lb.
• School Texas Tech University
• High School Park Center High School

• Born August 6, 1974 in St. Paul, MN USA

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Biographical Information

Catcher Dave Lindstrom played six seasons in the minor leagues, all in the Detroit Tigers organization. He was drafted in the 21st round of the 1996 amateur draft, out of Texas Tech University.

His first season was in 1996 with the Jamestown Jammers of the New York-Penn League where he hit .249 in 52 games. In 1997, he mvoed up to the Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League where he hit .207 in 76 games. In 1998, he was back with Lakeland for 103 games, also appearing in one game for the AAA Toledo Mud Hens. With Lakeland, he batted.244/.353/.359. In 1999, he spent a full season in the AA Southern League with the Jacksonville Suns, batting .271/.353/.458 in 66 games. He was back to play 68 games for Jacksonville in 2000, also going up to Toledo in the International League for another 12 games. His combined line was .240/.307/.388. In 2001, he was with Toledo for the full season as the team's most-used catcher, batting .256/.300/.360. He probably could have continued to fill a similar role for a few more years and would have probably received a cup of coffee in the Show at some point had he persevered, experienced catchers always being in demand, but he retired after that season.

He is sort of famous for one play which happened in one of his last professional games on September 1, 2001 with Toledo, when he was charged with a rare four-base error on a play. These types of errors, which are extremely rare, are usually given to outfielders who misplay a fly ball into an inside-the-park homer (or more rarely, let it bounce off their head to clear the fence - hello Jose Canseco), but almost never to a catcher or an infielder. In this case, with runners on first and second base against the Columbus Clippers, he fielded a bunt by Kary Bridges and after thinking about throwing to third base, rushed a throw to first which sailed high above the first baseman's head, through the bullpen area all the way to the fence. By the time the right fielder could retrieve the ball and relay it, Bridges was able to circle the bases. It wasn't even a Little League home run as those normally require more than one misplay to be recorded as such.