Garey Ingram

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Garey Ingram

Second Baseman

Born: July 25, 1970 (1970-07-25) (age 37)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 15, 1994 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Final game
September 28, 1997 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
Batting average	.261
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	12
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1994-1995, 1997)
Career highlights and awards

Garey Lamar Ingram (born July 25, 1970, in Columbus, Georgia) was a Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder.

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 44th round of the 1989 MLB amateur draft out of Middle Georgia College, Ingram spent many years in the Dodgers minor league system. He made his professional debut with the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1991, hitting .297 with 30 stolen bases during the 1991 season.

From 1992 through 1994 he played with the Dodgers Double-A franchise in San Antonio.

Ingram would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 15, 1994 as a defensive replacement against the San Diego Padres. His first career hit was a home run against Colorado Rockies pitcher Mike Munoz on May 19. He appeared in 26 games for the Dodgers that season, hitting .282 with 3 home runs and 8 RBIs.

He split the 1995 season between the Dodgers and AAA Albuquerque. Ingram missed most of the 1996 season due to an injury and then spent 1997 with San Antonio and 1998 with Albuquerque before being picked up by the Boston Red Sox as a minor league free agent in 1999. Spent two seasons with the Pawtucket Red Sox before he was released. Played independent ball in 2001 and then spent 2002 with the Dodgers new AAA team, the Las Vegas 51s before retiring from baseball.

After his retirement, he became a hitting coach in the Dodgers farm system. First with the GCL Dodgers in 2002 and then with the South Georgia Waves and Columbus Catfish from 2003-2006. In 2007, he is the hitting coach for the Great Lakes Loons in Single-A.