- Brian Lesher
Brian Herbert Lesher (born
5 March 1971 ) is a former backupoutfielder inMajor League who played for three different teams between by|1996 and by|2002. He was listed at 6' 5", 205 lb., and battedright-handed and threwleft-handed .Born in
Wilrijk ,Belgium , Lesher entered the majors in 1996 with theOakland Athletics , playing for three consecutive years before joining theSeattle Mariners (by|2000) andToronto Blue Jays (2002). His most productive season came in by|1997 with Oakland, when he posted career-highs in games (46),home run s (4),runs batted in (17), runs (17), andstolen base s (4).In a five-season career, Lesher was a .224 hitter (59-for-263) with nine home runs and 38 RBI in 108 games.
Left/Right
*Notably, Lesher has been one of those rare
position player s in major league history who threw left-handed but batted right-handed. Other such players include::Jeff Abbott :Dick Adams :Doug Ault :Bobby Balcena :Rube Bressler :Mark Carreon :Hal Chase :Johnny Cooney :Eddie Gaedel :Rickey Henderson :Brian R. Hunter :Cleon Jones :Jason Lane :Dave McCarty :Luis Medina :Chucho Ramos :Cody Ross :Jimmy Ryanources
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leshebr01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Pleshb001.htm Retrosheet]
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