Josh Willingham was the 246th player to take the field in a regular season game for the Florida Marlins, making his debut on July 6th, 2004 in a 6-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted fifth and went 0-for-three with a strikeout before getting lifted in the top of the seventh for Abraham Nunez. He was more successful in his second appearance, the next day, when he went two-for-two with two walks in a 4-3 loss to the Bucs.
Willingham was a six-foot-three, 230 lb. left fielder from Florence, AL. Born on this date 41 years ago, he joined the Florida Marlins after getting chosen in the 17h round of the 2000 MLB Amateur Entry Draft, with the 491st overall selection off the board out of the University of North Alabama.