Brian Lesher

Brian Lesher

Brian Herbert Lesher (born 5 March 1971) is a former backup outfielder in Major League who played for three different teams between by|1996 and by|2002. He was listed at 6' 5", 205 lb., and batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

Born in Wilrijk, Belgium, Lesher entered the majors in 1996 with the Oakland Athletics, playing for three consecutive years before joining the Seattle Mariners (by|2000) and Toronto Blue Jays (2002). His most productive season came in by|1997 with Oakland, when he posted career-highs in games (46), home runs (4), runs batted in (17), runs (17), and stolen bases (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 players 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 Ryan

ources

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leshebr01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Pleshb001.htm Retrosheet]


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