Byron Gettis

Infobox MLB retired
name=Byron Gettis


width=150
position=Outfielder
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|3|13
Centreville, Illinois
deathdate=
debutdate=May 27
debutyear=by|2004
debutteam=Kansas City Royals
finaldate=July 1
finalyear=by|2004
finalteam=Kansas City Royals
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.179
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=1
teams=
* Kansas City Royals (by|2004)
highlights=

Byron Earl Gettis (born March 13, 1980 in Centreville, Illinois) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals. Gettis graduated from Cahokia Senior High School in 1998, and was signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent that same year. He had a career batting average of .179 in 39 at-bats. He was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers on October 15, mlby|2004. He spent by|2005 between Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo, becoming a free agent after the season.

After the end of his baseball career, he opted to pursue an education and enrolled as a freshman at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2006. [SIU Athletics website]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gettiby01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gettis_byron00.html SIU Athletics]