Brandon Inge played 12 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, one with the Oakland Athletics and one with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Inge began the 2001 season in the Major Leagues and made his debut as Detroit’s starting catcher. In 2009, he was named to the American League All-Star team.
Inge received the 2010 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award, given by the Major League Baseball Players Association each year “to the player whose on-field performances and community outreach most inspire others to higher levels of achievement.”
Inge played his high school baseball in nearby Lynchburg, Va., at Brookville High School. Brookville’ retired Inge’s No. 7.
He then went on to play college baseball at VCU as a relief pitcher and shortstop.
Inge played in the VBL for the Waynesboro Generals in 1986.
In 1998 he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the second round.