Craig Reynolds (baseball)
| Craig Reynolds | |||
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| Shortstop | |||
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Born: December 27, 1952 Houston, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 1, 1975, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 27, 1989, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .256 | ||
| Home runs | 42 | ||
| Runs batted in | 377 | ||
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Gordon Craig Reynolds (born December 27, 1952 in Houston, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who was an inaugural member of the Seattle Mariners. He batted left-handed and threw right.
As a senior at Reagan High School in 1971, Reynolds was named the Greater Houston High School Athlete of the Year. He was drafted straight out of high school by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first round of the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.
Reynolds batted a solid .318 in his first professional season with the Gulf Coast League Pirates, but with no power, and he committed 25 errors on the field. His game improved substantially in all areas by 1974, when he batted .299 with six home runs and logged a .957 fielding percentage while splitting the season at double & triple A. He'd emerged as one of the Pirates' top minor league prospects, batting .294 over five minor league seasons when he made his major league debut in 1975. He spent the 1976 season in triple-A with the Charleston Charlies before being called up to the Pirates when rosters expanded in September.
The Seattle Mariners selected Grant Jackson from the New York Yankees with their eleventh pick in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft. A month later, they traded Jackson to the Pirates for Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton.
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