Tripp Cromer

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Roy Bunyan Cromer III (born November 21, 1967, in Lake City, South Carolina) was a Major League Baseball utility player. He is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina.

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1998 MLB amateur draft, Cromer would make his Major League Baseball debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on September 7, 1993. He has not appeared in a Major League game since the 2003 season.

Cromer spent most of his career as a valued reserve infielder who played for an injured Ozzie Smith after coming up with the St. Louis Cardinals. Along with the Cardinals, Mr. Cromer played for the LA Dodgers and Houston Astros organizations. He hit 8 home runs in spring training for the Dodgers.

He once made a diving catch filling in for Ozzie Smith in 1995.^{[citation needed]}