Terry Whitfield
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| Terry Whitfield | ||
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| Outfielder | ||
| Born: January 12, 1953 | ||
| Batted: Left | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 29, 1974 for the New York Yankees |
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| Final game | ||
| May 23, 1986 for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | .281 | |
| Home runs | 33 | |
| Runs batted in | 179 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
Terry Whitfield (born January 12, 1953, Blythe, California) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants and the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Baseball League. As an outfielder, Terry was known more for his hitting than his defense, finishing with a career .281 batting average in 1913 at bats.
After his playing career, he opened Future Pro Baseball, a batting cage in Burlingame, California and ran youth baseball camps. He was also the head baseball coach at Burlingame High School. He invented a soft-toss machine called the "Terry-Toss". He has a wife and four kids.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube
Categories: 1953 births | Living people | Los Angeles Dodgers players | Major league left fielders | Major league players from California | New York Yankees players | Expatriate baseball players in Japan | People from Burlingame, California | People from Riverside County, California | San Francisco Giants players | Seibu Lions players
