Richie Hebner

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Richard Joseph Hebner (born November 26, 1947 in Norwood, Massachusetts) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 18-year career from 1968 to 1985. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets and Chicago Cubs, all of the National League, and the Detroit Tigers of the American League. He was a starter for the Pittsburgh team that won the 1971 World Series. Hebner compiled a lifetime batting average of .276 with 203 home runs and 890 runs batted in in 1908 career games.

Hebner was famous for working as a gravedigger at a cemetery run by his father during the off-season.[1] Richie served during the 2006 season as hitting coach for the Durham Bulls Baseball Club, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, however the contracts of the coaching staff were not renewed for the 2007 season.