- Tommie Reynolds
Tommie D Reynolds (born
August 15 ,1941 inArizona, Louisiana ) is a formerMajor League Baseball outfielder . He was signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1963, and played for them from 1963 to 1965. He also played for theNew York Mets (1967),Oakland Athletics (1969), California Angels (1970-1971), andMilwaukee Brewers (1972).An average defensive
outfielder , Reynolds started in almost half of his team's games in both 1965 and 1969, usually inleft field . He was also used quite often as apinch hitter throughout his career. His busiest and best season was 1969, when he played in 107 games and made 363plate appearances for Oakland. He batted .257 with 2home runs , 20RBI , and 51 runs scored.Career highlights include:
*a pair of 4-hit games...three singles and a double vs. theCleveland Indians (September 2, 1965), and three singles and a double vs. theDetroit Tigers (August 26, 1969)
*eight 3-hit games, with four of them coming in 1970
*one 4-RBI game, including a three-run homer againstAll-Star Mickey Lolich of theDetroit Tigers (April 30, 1964)
*apinch hit home run againstAll-Star Luis Tiant of theCleveland Indians (May 30, 1969)
*hit a combined .424 (36-for-85) againstAll-Stars Hank Aguirre ,Mickey Lolich ,Sam McDowell , andJuan Pizarro His career totals include 513
games played , 265 hits, 12home runs , 87RBI , 141 runs scored, and a lifetimebatting average of .226.After his playing career was over, Reynolds served as a coach for the
Oakland Athletics (1989-1995) and theSt. Louis Cardinals (1996).Trivia
*Reynolds is a cousin of former major league
outfielder Floyd Robinson .
*led theMidwest League in batting average (.332) and tied for the league lead in RBI (88) while playing for theBurlington Bees in 1963
*was the last strikeout victim ofSeattle Pilots right-handerDick Bates {Sick's Stadium -- April 27, 1969}References
*1971 Baseball Register published by
The Sporting News External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reynoto01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Preynt101.htm Retrosheet]
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