Ben Broussard

Full Name: Benjamin Isaac Broussard	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/220	First Game: June 22, 2002
Birthdate: September 24, 1976	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: Beaumont, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography

Ben Broussard (Benjamin Isaac Broussard) was born on September 24, 1976 in Beaumont, Texas. He made his Major League debut on June 22, 2002 for the Cleveland Indians. In 2003, his rookie year, he hit .249 with 16 home runs and 55 RBI. Broussard played for the Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 5 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Ben Broussard's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2005, when he slugged 19 home runs and knocked in 68 runs. However, others believe that it was 2004, when he slugged 17 home runs, hit for a .275 average and knocked in 82 runs.

Scouting Report

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2002	CLE	A	39	112	10	27	4	9	.241	.292	.384	4	0	7	25	1	0	0	1	3
2003	CLE	A	116	386	53	96	16	55	.249	.312	.443	21	3	32	75	5	3	5	2	6
2004	CLE	A	139	418	57	115	17	82	.275	.370	.488	28	5	52	95	12	1	4	3	7
2005	CLE	A	142	466	59	119	19	68	.255	.307	.464	30	5	32	98	4	0	2	5	4
2006	SEA	A	56	164	17	39	8	17	.238	.282	.427	7	0	9	45	2	0	2	2	3
2006	CLE	A	88	268	44	86	13	46	.321	.361	.519	14	0	17	58	1	0	0	1	5
2006	TOT	A	144	432	61	125	21	63	.289	.331	.484	21	0	26	103	3	0	2	3	8
2007	SEA	A	99	240	27	66	7	29	.275	.330	.404	10	0	17	50	4	0	2	2	7
Total			679	2054	267	548	84	306	.267	.328	.458	114	13	166	446	29	4	15	16	35

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
2002	CLE	A	1B	4	3	28.2	27	1	0	2	1.000
2002	CLE	A	OF	32	29	228.2	47	1	2	0	.960
2002	CLE	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	CLE	A	LF	32	29	228.2	47	1	2	0	.960
2003	CLE	A	1B	114	101	925	957	63	9	85	.991
2004	CLE	A	1B	133	107	1019.1	991	77	6	108	.994
2005	CLE	A	1B	138	112	1050.2	1082	60	9	112	.992
2005	CLE	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	SEA	A	DH	45	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	SEA	A	1B	10	9	72	74	8	2	12	.976
2006	CLE	A	1B	80	60	569.2	578	51	7	58	.989
2006	TOT	A	1B	90	69	641.2	652	59	9	70	.988
2007	SEA	A	OF	22	18	149	35	59	0	0	1.000
2007	SEA	A	RF	12	10	82	21	0	0	0	1.000
2007	SEA	A	LF	10	8	67	14	0	0	0	1.000
2007	SEA	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	479	392	3665.1	3709	260	33	377	.992
Total			OF	54	47	377.2	82	1	2	0	.976
Total			DH	52	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			LF	42	37	295.2	61	1	2	0	.969
Total			RF	12	10	82	21	0	0	0	1.000

Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1999 - signed June 2, 1999).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Russ Branyan (June 7, 2002).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with cash to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Shin-Soo Choo and a player to be named later (July 26, 2006); Cleveland Indians received Shawn Nottingham (August 24, 2006).

Trivia

Broussard played baseball at McNeese State University, where he was also a nursing major. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 1999.
In 2002, Broussard was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Russell Branyan. During his tenure in Cleveland, Broussard was in a platoon situation, due to his extreme lefty-righty splits.
In 2005, Broussard released an album of his original songs. See http://benbroussard.com
Broussard was traded to the Seattle Mariners in July 2006 for Shin-Soo Choo and a player-to-be-named later. (This gave the Mariners both halves of the Indians' Opening Day first base platoon of Broussard and Eduardo Perez.)
Seattle has been looking for the right spot to use Broussard since acquiring him, using him as a designated hitter, first baseman, and occasional outfielder.
Wears uniform number 23