Chuck Goggin
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Charles Francis Goggin (born July 7, 1945 in Pompano Beach, Florida) is a former utility in Major League Baseball who played from 1972 through 1974 for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1972-73), Atlanta Braves (1973) and Boston Red Sox (1974). Listed at 5' 11", 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
A versatile player with a good throwing arm, Goggin made 35 appearances at second base (22), left field (5), shortstop (5), right field, and as an emergency catcher (2).
In a three-season career, Goggin was a .293 hitter (29-for-99) with seven RBI in 72 games (37 in pinch-hitting duties), including 19 runs, five doubles, and a .355 on-base percentage.
Following his playing retirement, Goggin managed the Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League (1978) and also won a Mexican Pacific League championship with the 1978-79 Navojoa Mayos, a team that included in their roster future big leaguers Rickey Henderson and Randy Niemann.
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- Goggin is a Vietnam War veteran who served for the U.S. Marine Corps between 1966 and 1967.
