Scott Podsednik

Full Name: Scott Eric Podsednik	Primary Position: OF,CF,LF
Height/Weight: 6'0"/170	First Game: July 6, 2001
Birthdate: March 18, 1976	MLB Experience: 7 years
Birthplace: West, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography

Scott Podsednik (Scott Eric Podsednik) was born on March 18, 1976 in West, Texas. He made his Major League debut on July 6, 2001 for the Seattle Mariners. In 2003, his rookie year, he hit .314 with 9 home runs and 58 RBI. Podsednik played for the Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Scott Podsednik's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2004, when he stole 70 bases. However, others believe that it was 2003, when he stole 43 bases, hit for a .314 average and knocked in 58 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
2001	SEA	A	5	6	1	1	0	3	.167	.167	.500	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2002	SEA	A	14	20	2	4	1	5	.200	.320	.350	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	1
2003	MIL	N	154	558	100	175	9	58	.314	.379	.443	29	8	56	91	4	8	43	2	11
2004	MIL	N	154	640	85	156	12	39	.244	.313	.364	27	7	58	105	7	6	70	2	7
2005	CHW	A	129	507	80	147	0	25	.290	.351	.349	28	1	47	75	3	6	59	0	7
2006	CHW	A	139	524	86	137	3	45	.261	.330	.353	27	6	54	96	2	8	40	1	7
2007	CHW	A	62	214	30	52	2	11	.243	.299	.369	13	4	13	36	4	4	12	0	9
Total	NL		308	1198	185	331	21	97	.276	.344	.401	56	15	114	196	11	14	113	4	18
Total	AL		349	1271	199	341	6	89	.268	?	?	68	12	118	214	9	18	111	1	25
Total			657	2469	384	672	27	186	.272	.338	.377	124	27	232	410	20	32	224	5	43

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
2001	SEA	A	LF	3	0	6	2	0	0	0	1.000
2001	SEA	A	CF	1	1	10	1	0	0	0	1.000
2001	SEA	A	OF	5	1	18	3	0	0	0	1.000
2001	SEA	A	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	SEA	A	OF	11	3	51	15	0	1	0	.938
2002	SEA	A	RF	2	1	9	3	0	1	0	.750
2002	SEA	A	LF	9	2	40	11	0	0	0	1.000
2002	SEA	A	CF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
2002	SEA	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	MIL	N	CF	123	122	1090	314	3	3	1	.991
2003	MIL	N	RF	13	8	92.2	30	2	0	0	1.000
2003	MIL	N	OF	139	130	1191	346	5	3	1	.992
2003	MIL	N	LF	3	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	MIL	N	OF	153	152	1361	392	5	4	2	.990
2004	MIL	N	CF	153	152	1361	392	5	4	2	.990
2005	CHW	A	LF	124	118	1061.2	260	3	3	1	.989
2005	CHW	A	CF	7	6	55	14	0	0	0	1.000
2005	CHW	A	OF	127	124	1116.2	274	3	3	1	.989
2006	CHW	A	LF	135	121	1086.2	245	4	8	0	.969
2006	CHW	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	CHW	A	OF	135	121	1086.2	245	4	8	0	.969
2007	CHW	A	OF	56	54	480.1	110	4	4	1	.966
2007	CHW	A	LF	54	52	460.1	108	4	4	1	.966
2007	CHW	A	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	CHW	A	CF	3	2	20	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	626	585	5304.2	1385	21	23	5	.984
Total			DH	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	16	9	103.2	33	2	1	0	.972
Total			LF	328	293	2663	626	11	15	2	.977
Total			CF	288	283	2538	724	8	7	3	.991

Transactions

Selected by Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed June 5, 1994).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Florida Marlins (October 8, 1995) completing trade in which Florida Marlins traded Bobby Witt to Texas Rangers in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 8, 1995); Florida Marlins received Wilson Heredia (August 11, 1995).
Selected by Texas Rangers from Florida Marlins in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 15, 1997).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2000).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (November 7, 2000).
Claimed on waivers by Milwaukee Brewers from Seattle Mariners (October 11, 2002).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named later to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Carlos Lee (December 13, 2004);

Chicago White Sox received Travis Hinton (January 10, 2005).

Granted free agency (November 28, 2007).
Signed Minor League contract with Colorado Rockies (February 5, 2008).

Trivia

He is married to former Playboy playmate Lisa Dergan.
On October 4, 2005, during Game 1 of the American League Division Playoff Series against the Boston Red Sox, Podsednik became only the second player in Major League Baseball history to hit a home run in a post-season game after going without any homers in the regular season with at least 500 or more at bats
- He joined Lance Johnson, another White Sox player, who was the first to accomplish this feat in the 1993 American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Later that month, on October 23, 2005, during Game 2 of the World Series against the Houston Astros, Podsednik hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 9th off Astros' closer Brad Lidge to win the game thus making Podsednik the only player in history to hit more than one home run in the post-season after going a full season with none.