Gregg Zaun

Gregg Zaun
Zaun with the Baltimore Orioles
Catcher
Born: (1971-04-14) April 14, 1971 (age 45) Glendale, California
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 24, 1995, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
May 20, 2010, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.252
Home runs	88
Runs batted in	446
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (1995–1996) Florida Marlins (1996–1998) Texas Rangers (1999) Kansas City Royals (2000–2001) Houston Astros (2002–2003) Colorado Rockies (2003) Toronto Blue Jays (2004–2008) Baltimore Orioles (2009) Tampa Bay Rays (2009) Milwaukee Brewers (2010)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1997)

Gregory Owen "Gregg" Zaun (/ˈzɔːn/; born April 14, 1971) is an American-Canadian baseball analyst, public speaker and a retired professional baseball catcher. He played for nine different teams over sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1995 until 2010, winning a World Series Championship in 1997. Since 2006, he has served as an on-air personality with Sportsnet in Canada.

Zaun, the nephew of former MLB catcher Rick Dempsey, was a high school teammate of Mark Loretta. Zaun and Loretta attended Saint Francis High School in La Cañada, California and graduated in 1989.

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 17th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft, Zaun reached the majors with the Orioles in June 1995. Used primarily as a back-up early in his career, he was traded to the Florida Marlins in 1996. After winning a World Series with the Marlins in 1997, he moved to the Texas Rangers prior to the 1999 season. He has also played with the Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, and Colorado Rockies. He signed as a free agent with the Blue Jays prior to the 2004 season. In 2004, the Blue Jays were the first team to make Zaun, at 33, a starting catcher. Valuable in the line-up as a switch-hitter, he set a career high in 2005 with 133 games.