Todd Linden

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**Todd Linden**

Cleveland Indians — No. 15
Outfielder
Born: June 30, 1980 (1980-06-30) (age 27)
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
August 18, 2003 for the San Francisco Giants
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Hits	116
Batting average	.231
Runs batted in	36
Teams
San Francisco Giants (2003-2007) Florida Marlins (2007)

Todd Anthony Linden (born June 30, 1980 in Edmonds, Washington) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball in the Cleveland Indians organization. Before being drafted by the San Francisco Giants, he attended Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale, Washington and played collegiate baseball at the University of Washington and Louisiana State University. He played first base in college.^[1]

His first major league home run came on September 22, 2003, off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii. Linden, in only his 24th major league at bat, became just the 12th player to hit a home run into the second deck at Dodger Stadium, which opened in 1962.

On May 10, 2007, he was designated for assignment. He was claimed off waivers by the Florida Marlins on May 18, 2007. The Marlins released him following the 2007 season and on November 21, 2007, he was signed by the Oakland Athletics to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, but did not make the A's roster. On May 20, 2008, Linden was released by the Oakland A's.

On May 27, 2008, Linden signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons.