Jeffrey James Berblinger (born November 19, 1970) is an American former
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
second baseman. Jeff is a 1989 graduate of
Goddard High School in
Goddard, Kansas
Goddard is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, and a suburb of Wichita. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,084.
History
In 1883, Ezekiel Wilder purchased farmland on the planned railway of the Atchison, T ...
. He played one season at the major league level for the
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...
in 1997. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round of the
1993 Major League Baseball Draft
The 1993 Major League Baseball draft began with first round selections on June 3, 1993. Alex Rodriguez was selected first overall by the Seattle Mariners. Other notable draftees included Chris Carpenter, Torii Hunter, Jason Varitek, Scott Rol ...
.
Berblinger played his first professional season with the Class-A
Glens Falls Redbirds and Class A
St. Petersburg Cardinals in . He played his last season with the AAA
Omaha Royals
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest c ...
and
Nashville Sounds in .
References
External links
1970 births
Living people
St. Louis Cardinals players
Major League Baseball second basemen
Baseball players from Wichita, Kansas
Nashville Sounds players
Kansas Jayhawks baseball players
St. Petersburg Cardinals players
Glens Falls Redbirds players
Savannah Cardinals players
Arkansas Travelers players
Louisville Redbirds players
Somerset Patriots players
Tacoma Rainiers players
Omaha Golden Spikes players
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