- Greg Booker
Infobox MLB retired
name=Greg Booker
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1960|6|22
city-state|Lynchburg|Virginia
debutdate=September 11
debutyear=by|1983
debutteam=San Diego Padres
finaldate=May 26
finalyear=by|1990
finalteam=San Francisco Giants
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=5-7
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=3.89
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=119
teams=
*San Diego Padres (1983-1989)
*Minnesota Twins (1989)
*San Francisco Giants (1990)Gregory Scott Booker is a former
Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in all or part of eight seasons in the majors, from by|1983 until by|1990. He also served as a coach for theSan Diego Padres from by|1997 until by|2003, the first four years as bullpen coach, then a season-plus as pitching coach. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6191157.html Padres fire Booker as pitching coach] ]Booker's wife, Kristi, is the daughter of long-time major league manager
Jack McKeon . [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CEFDC1E3EF932A15753C1A9659C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss NY Times article on Jack McKeon] ] On June 29, by|1989, McKeon, often called "Trader Jack", traded his own son-in-law to theMinnesota Twins for pitcherFreddie Toliver . [ [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Greg_Booker_1960&page=chronology Greg Booker page at Baseball Library] ] .References
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