Bill Haselman
| Bill Haselman | |||
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: May 25, 1966 Long Branch, New Jersey |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 3, 1990, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 27, 2003, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .259 | ||
| Home runs | 47 | ||
| Runs batted in | 210 | ||
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William Joseph Haselman (born May 25, 1966, in Long Branch, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played from 1990-2003 with the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. He also served as the bullpen coach and first base coach for the Boston Red Sox.
During his 13-year playing career, Haselman hit .259 with 47 HR and 210 RBI. His best season came in 1996, when he hit .274 with 8 HR and 34 RBI in a career-high 237 AB for the Red Sox. He hit .314 with 6 HR in 105 AB for Texas in 1998. The former catcher was a first-round draft pick of the Rangers in 1987.
He is an alumnus of Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California.
Haselman played both baseball and American football at UCLA. He was the backup quarterback, behind Troy Aikman.
He was drafted in the 1st round of the 1987 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers. He began his professional career that year for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. In 1988, he was promoted to the Port Charlotte Rangers of the High-A Florida State League, where he hit .245 in 122 games.
Haselman spent 1989 and 1990 with the AA Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League. He was a September call-up with the Rangers in 1990 and made his Major League debut as a pinch hitter on September 3, 1990, against the Cleveland Indians. He recorded his first hit, also as a pinch hitter, off Joe Klink of the Oakland Athletics on September 27. In 14 games, he had two hits in 13 at-bats.
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