Chad Hermansen

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**Chad Hermansen**
Major League Baseball debut
Florida Marlins — No.
Left fielder
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
September 7, 1999 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Selected MLB statistics (through 2004)
Batting average	.195
Runs batted in	13
Home runs	34
Former teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1999–2002) Chicago Cubs (2002) Los Angeles Dodgers (2003) Toronto Blue Jays (2004)

Chad Bruce Hermansen (born September 10, 1977 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former Major League Baseball player. A center fielder and right fielder, Hermansen is still an active player, and he spent 2006 with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the independent American Association. Hermansen has a listed height of 6'2", and a listed weight of 185 pounds. He bats from the right side, and throws with his right hand.

Hermansen played amateur ball as a shortstop at Green Valley High School of Henderson, Nevada, and the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him in the first round of the June draft, with the tenth overall pick. After signing with the Pirates, Hermansen immediately emerged as a top prospect. He was a South Atlantic League All Star in 1997, and after moving to the outfield the next year, a Pacific Coast League All Star and the Pirates' Minor League Player of the Year in 1999. He earned a promotion to the major leagues at the end of that season, and made his debut against the San Diego Padres on September 7, 1999.

Hermansen was viewed as the Pirates' center fielder of the future, but he struggled to establish himself and lost his starting job early in 2000. He spent parts of the next three seasons bouncing back and forth between the Pirates and AAA, and then was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Darren Lewis on July 31, 2002. Lewis chose to retire rather than report to the Pirates, so the teams made a follow-up trade involving minor-league players Aron Weston, Ricardo Palma, and Tim Lavery two weeks later. Hermansen spent the remainder of the season with the Cubs, and then was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 4. The Cubs received Eric Karros and Mark Grudzielanek, while the Dodgers also received Todd Hundley. Hermansen played in eleven games for the Dodgers in 2003, and appeared in four more with the Toronto Blue Jays the following year.

Signed by the Campeche Pirates of the Mexican League in 2005, Hermansen was released after batting only .182 in eleven games. He next signed with the Elmira Pioneers, but played in no games before being signed by the San Diego Padres organization. The Padres immediately released Hermansen, however, citing arm problems as their concern. In 2006, Hermansen played for the Sioux Falls Canaries of the newly formed American Association.