Cliff Brumbaugh Baseball player

Clifford Michael Brumbaugh (born April 21, 1974 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a former American baseball outfielder.Brumbaugh played college baseball for Delaware under head coach Bob Hannah. He was named America East Player of the Year in 1995.Brumbaugh was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 13th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft. He spent his career in the minor leagues before being called up to the Rangers where he played in 7 games in 2001, hitting a solo home run in his first start. However, his major league career was mostly spent as a pinch hitter, and this would be the only home run of his major league career. He moved from Texas to the Colorado Rockies later that season, featuring in 14 further MLB games. He went back to the minor leagues, and signed with the Chicago White Sox in 2003. Despite performing well in the minors, he was never called up by the White Sox and moved to South Korea's Hyundai Unicorns later in 2003.He was a key player in the Hyundai Unicorns championship successes in 2003 and 2004 In 2003 he had the highest all-time batting average and RBI total in the Korea Series Championship history. This success earned him a move to the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 2005. After two seasons in Japan, he returned to Korea and the Unicorns in 2007. He remained with the team in 2008 after Hyundai sold the franchise, which was renamed Woori Heroes and relocated from Suwon to Seoul. After a year with the Piratas de Campeche, he spent 2010 with the Edmonton Capitals in the Golden Baseball League.

Personal facts

Cliff Brumbaugh
Birth dateApril 21, 1974
Birth place
Wilmington Delaware

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Baseball player

Career startMay 30, 2001
Career endJuly 24, 2001
batting sideRight
former teams
Colorado Rockies
Texas Rangers (baseball)
position
Outfielder
teams
Colorado Rockies
Texas Rangers (baseball)
Edmonton Capitals
Nexen Heroes
Piratas de Campeche
Orix Buffaloes
throwing sideRight

Cliff Brumbaugh on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://eng.koreabaseball.com/Teams/Playerinfohitter/summary.aspx?pcode=73324