Everidge attended Sonoma Valley High School in Sonoma, California. He attended Sonoma State University. His freshman year, Everidge batted .340 with 55 hits, seven doubles, two triples, five home runs, and 40 RBIs in 56 games, 47 starts. Everidge batted .353 his sophomore season, with 22 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, and 44 RBIs in 57 games, all starts. His junior 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 Oakland Athletics in the 10th round (307th overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. He joined Brandon Burgess, Daniel Barone, and Darren Sack as the other Sonoma State University alumni in the 2004 draft.\n', '

Everidge began his professional career in 2004 he was assigned to the Short-Season Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. He was selected to the Northwest League All-Star Team that seasons as a member of the Western Division team. He hit .275 with 13 doubles, one triple, six home runs and 52 RBIs in 74 games. With the Class-A Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League in 2005 Everidge hit .279 with 26 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs, 66 RBIs and one stolen base in 114 games. At the end of the season he was named the Kane County Cougars Most Valuable Player. In 2006 and 2007, Everidge played for the Class-A Advanced Stockton Ports. Towards the end of 2007, he was promoted to the Double-A Midland RockHounds, but during the Triple-A playoffs, he was called up to play for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. In 2008, he was sent back down to Midland, but promoted late in the season to play in Sacramento.\n', '

Everidge was called up by the Athletics on July 28, 2009. After a hot start by Everidge, the A\'s manager Bob Geren 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 Daric Barton 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 Oakland Athletics.\n', '

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