Jeff Inglin

Jeffrey Inglin

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
• School Santa Rosa Junior College, University of Southern California
• High School Casa Grande High School
• Born October 8, 1975 in Petaluma, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Jeff Inglin spent ten seasons in the minor leagues, including 226 games at Triple-A, but he never played a game at the big league level.

He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 1996 amateur draft after hitting .392 with 14 home runs and 72 RBI, and earning a spot on the Pac-10 Conference All-Star team, in his final season at college. He began his professional career that season, hitting .312/.368/.493 with 10 home runs, 39 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 72 games for the Bristol White Sox and Hickory Crawdads.

In 1997, he hit .334/.388/.509 with 16 home runs, 100 runs scored, 102 RBI and 31 stolen bases for the Crawdads, leading the South Atlantic League in runs scored and finishing second in hits (179, one behind Luis Lopez). He also tied for second in RBI and batting average and earned a spot on the SAL All-Star squad.

His batting average declined to .245 in 1998, though he still hit 24 home runs with 100 RBI in 139 games for the Double-A Birmingham Barons. He spent most of 1999 with the Barons--but also spent 14 games with the Triple-A Charlotte Knights--hitting .285/.375/.471 with 18 home runs, 71 RBI and 20 stolen bases. He split 2000 between Birmingham and Charlotte as well, hitting .295/.374/.444 with 10 home runs and 71 RBI.

2001 was his first and only full season at Triple-A and he performed well, hitting .272/.338/.499 with 24 home runs and 75 RBI in 128 games. He also spent 39 games with Charlotte in 2002, hitting six home runs, before going overseas to play with SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization.

Returning stateside in 2003, Inglin hit .284/.346/.471 with 24 home runs and 103 RBI in 141 games for the Reading Phillies of the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He led the league in games, home runs and RBI, and finished second behind Alex Rios in total bases, earning a spot on the Eastern League All-Star team.

He joined the Florida Marlins system in 2004, hitting .289 with six home runs in 80 games. He also played for the Yucatan Leones of the Mexican League that year. In 2005, he struggled by hitting only .188/.298/.269 in 46 games split between the Bowie Baysox in the Baltimore Orioles and the independent Surprise Fightin' Falcons.