Gregg Jeffries
| Gregg Jefferies | |||
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| Infielder / Left fielder | |||
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Born: August 1, 1967 Burlingame, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 6, 1987, for the New York Mets | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 29, 2000, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .289 | ||
| Home runs | 126 | ||
| Runs batted in | 663 | ||
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Gregory Scott Jefferies (born August 1, 1967 in Burlingame, California) is a retired infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who had a 14-year career from 1987 to 2000. He was a highly touted prospect who became a two-time (1986 & 1987) Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year. He went on to become a two-time All-Star.
Drafted by the New York Mets out of Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California in the first round of the 1985 amateur draft (#20 overall), Jefferies hit .331 in his first year in the minor leagues, moving from Kingsport of the Appalachian League (rookie) to Jackson of the Texas League (AA) in two years. He was named Minor League Player of the Year for both 1986 and 1987, hitting .367 with 20 home runs, 48 doubles and 101 RBI for Jackson in the latter year, earning Jefferies a brief call-up the New York Mets at the end of the 1987 season. He went 3 for 6 in 6 games, at the age of 19, making him the youngest player in the Major Leagues that season.
The Mets decided they needed to make room for Jefferies, but didn't know where to play him, as the veteran team was full at the spots Jefferies played in the minor leagues (shortstop, third base and second base). The outfield was full also, with the team finding it difficult to get outfielders Lenny Dykstra and Mookie Wilson playing time alongside Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds, so Jefferies was sent to AAA Tidewater to start the 1988 season.
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