Thomas James Everidge (born April 20, 1983 in

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) is an American former professional

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who is currently the

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for the

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Amateur career

Everidge attended

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in Sonoma, California. He attended

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. His

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year, Everidge batted .340 with 55

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, seven

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, two triples, five

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, and 40

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in 56 games, 47 starts. Everidge batted .353 his

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season, with 22 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, and 44 RBIs in 57 games, all starts. His

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and final season, Everidge batted .357 with 14 doubles, three triples, 19 home runs and 69 RBIs in 65 games, 64 starts. Everidge was selected by the

in the 10th round (307th overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. He joined Brandon Burgess,

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, and Darren Sack as the other Sonoma State University alumni in the 2004 draft.

Professional career

Oakland Athletics

2004–2008 seasons

Everidge began his professional career in he was assigned to the Short-Season

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of the

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. He was selected to the Northwest League All-Star Team that seasons as a member of the Western Division team. He

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.275 with 13

, one

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, six

and 52

in 74 games. With the Class-A

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of the

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in Everidge hit .279 with 26 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs, 66 RBIs and one

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in 114 games. At the end of the season he was named the Kane County Cougars

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. In and , Everidge played for the Class-A Advanced

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. Towards the end of 2007, he was promoted to the Double-A

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, but during the Triple-A playoffs, he was called up to play for the Triple-A

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. In 2008, he was sent back down to Midland, but promoted late in the season to play in Sacramento.

2009 season

Everidge was called up by the Athletics on July 28, 2009. After a hot start by Everidge, the A's

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said that Everidge would be a starting player. Everidge hit his first career home run on August 9, 2009. After his good start, Everidge started to see his stats decline. After first baseman

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was activated from the disabled list, Everidge lost much of his playing time to Barton. With Double-A Midland in 2009 he hit .306 with 18 doubles, eight home runs and 53 RBIs in 55 games and with Triple-A Sacramento he hit .368 with 15 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs and 41 RBIs in 52 games. With the Major League club he hit .224 with six doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs in 24 games. On January 8, 2010, Everidge was designated for assignment by the

Seattle Mariners

Everidge was claimed off waivers by the

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on January 15, 2010. On January 29, 2010, Everidge was

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by the

to make room on the roster for

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. On February 3, Everidge was outrighted to the Triple-A

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Houston Astros

On June 22, 2010, he was traded to the

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for future considerations. He reported to Triple-A

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. He was released on July 29 to make room for

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Second stint with Oakland

On August 31, Everidge signed a minor-league contract with Oakland and was assigned to Triple-A

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. He became a minor league free agent after the 2010 season & signed for the 2011 season with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is an independent league.

Lancaster Barnstormers and Atlantic League

On October 10, 2011, Tommy Everidge was named Atlantic League Player of the Year. He started all 125 games for the Barnstormers and finished the season with league-leading marks of 41 doubles and 28 home runs. He also topped the Atlantic League with 160 hits, 285 total bases and was second in runs scored and RBI, losing out of a share in the latter with Bridgeport getting a play-in game. His .319 average was sixth best in the league. Has retired from playing professional baseball and has been named hitting coach of the

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of the Oakland A's organization. For 2018, he was assigned to the

. On January 14, 2022, Everidge was named Oakland's top hitting instructor for the 2022 season.

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