| Ben Broussard | |||||||||||||||
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 Broussard with the Texas Rangers | |||||||||||||||
| First baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: September 24, 1976 Beaumont, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 22, 2002, for the Cleveland Indians | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| May 2, 2008, for the Texas Rangers | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .263 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 87 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 314 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Isaac Broussard (born September 24, 1976) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He is currently a musician and Leadership Development Coordinator for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball . Broussard was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. During a 7-year baseball career, he played from 2002 to 2008 for the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, and the Texas Rangers.
Broussard has released two full-length music albums. The first, his self-titled album, was released in 2005. The second, Renovated, was released in 2009. He was also featured on the album, Oh Say Can You Sing?, a compilation of different Major League Baseball players singing their favorite songs. On that album Broussard sang U2's "With or Without You". He is now a full-time musician.[1]