| Midre Cummings | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: (1971-10-14)October 14, 1971 (age 54) St. Croix, Virgin Islands | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 10, 1993, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 6, 2005, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .257 |
| Home runs | 22 |
| Runs batted in | 124 |
| CPBL statistics | |
| Batting average | .214 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Midre Almeric Cummings (born October 14, 1971) is an American former professionalbaseballoutfielder, who played inMajor League Baseball (MLB) for thePittsburgh Pirates (1993-1997),Philadelphia Phillies (1997),Boston Red Sox (1998 and2000),Minnesota Twins (1999-2000),Arizona Diamondbacks (2001),Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2004), andBaltimore Orioles (2005).[1] He spent2006 with theLa New Bears of theChinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).[2]
Cummings was born and raised in theUnited States Virgin Islands. Given that there was no high school baseball in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cummings "played in a lot of open leagues, amateur leagues" sometimes against players as old as 21 when he was only 16.[3] In 1987, he played for theSt. Croix team which represented the U.S. Virgin Islands at the1987 Senior League World Series.[4] Cummings moved toMiami for his senior year of high school so that he could play baseball atMiami Edison Senior High School in the hopes of earning acollege baseball scholarship.[3] Cummings had a .400batting average in his only season of high school baseball. Prior to the1990 Major League Baseball draft, one talent evaluator said Cummings "could outrunVince Coleman." Another said he was "the best outfielder to ever play inDade County."[5]
Cummings was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (29th overall) of the1990 Major League Baseball Draft.[1] On March 17,1992, he was traded by the Twins along withDenny Neagle to the Pirates forJohn Smiley,[6] making his major league debut for the Pirates in 1993. In his fifth season with the Pirates, he was claimed off waivers by the Phillies on July 8. Cummings was released by the Phillies on February 24, 1998, and signed with theCincinnati Reds three days later only to be claimed off waivers by the Red Sox inspring training. The Red Sox released him on March 30, 1999, and Cummings signed with the Twins on May 14. On August 31, 2000, he was traded to the Red Sox for minor leaguer Hector De Los Santos.[7] Cummings became afree agent after the season and signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Cummings helped the Diamondbacks win the2001 World Series over theNew York Yankees, scoring the tyingrun in the ninth inning during Game 7. It would be three years before Cummings played in the majors again, spending time in theMilwaukee Brewers andChicago Cubs minor league systems from2002-2003. On February 10, 2004, he signed with the Devil Rays andbatted .278 in 54at bats that year. He was released after the season and signed with the Baltimore Orioles, but got only two at bats that year and retired after the season.
Cummings signed with theLa New Bears of theChinese Professional Baseball League for the 2006 season.[8]