Lastings Milledge

Lastings Milledge
Milledge with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2012.
Lancaster Barnstormers
Outfielder
Born: (1985-04-05) April 5, 1985 (age 31) Bradenton, Florida
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: May 30, 2006, for the New York Mets
NPB: March 30, 2012, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Last appearance
MLB: April 6, 2011, for the Chicago White Sox
NBP: September 13, 2015, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
MLB statistics
Batting average	.269
Home runs	33
Hits	404
Runs batted in	167
NPB statistics
Batting average	.272
Home runs	39
Hits	262
Runs batted in	129
Teams
New York Mets (2006–2007) Washington Nationals (2008–2009) Pittsburgh Pirates (2009–2010) Chicago White Sox (2011) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2012–2015)

Lastings Darnell Milledge (born April 5, 1985) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago White Sox. He was the youngest player in MLB's National League during the 2006 season.

Milledge was born in Bradenton, Florida. At the age of twelve, he pitched and played third base and hit third for the Manatee East Little League team that was the national runner-up in the 1997 Little League World Series. He received the win on the mound in the semi-final game of the regional, giving up only one run on a solo home run in a win against Mississippi. In 2001, he led Team USA to a Gold Medal game victory over Venezuela in the International Baseball Federation's AA World Youth Championships. Later that year, Baseball America named Milledge the best 16-year-old player in the United States. He graduated from Lakewood Ranch High School in Bradenton, Florida in 2003 after leading his team to the state 5A title his senior year.

Prior to the 2003 amateur draft, he was expected to be among the top three selections, but as draft day approached, press reports from 2002 resurfaced regarding Milledge's expulsion from [*Northside Christian School after his junior year for allegedly having sex with a minor. He subsequently transferred to Lakewood Ranch High School where he finished his education and amateur baseball career.