Jim Dwyer (baseball)
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Coach Dwyer signing autographs for Miracle fans
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 3, 1950 Evergreen Park, Illinois |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 10, 1973, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
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| June 21, 1990, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .260 | ||
| Home runs | 77 | ||
| Runs batted in | 349 | ||
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James Edward Dwyer (born June 3, 1950) is a former outfielder who enjoyed an eighteen-year major league career for seven different teams between 1973 and 1990. Listed at 5' 10", 165 lb., he batted and threw left-handed.
A graduate of St. Laurence High School in Burbank, Illinois, just outside Chicago, Dwyer was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1971 draft out of Southern Illinois University, and he wasted little time in the minor leagues, debuting in the majors in 1973 with the Cardinals. He became known as a fastball hitter who was used mostly against right-handed pitching and played all three outfield positions well.
Midway through the 1975 season, he was traded to the Montreal Expos (1975–76). The following season, another midseason trade landed him with the New York Mets (1976). He rejoined the Cardinals for the 1977 season and part of 1978, and later played with the San Francisco Giants (1978) and Boston Red Sox (1979–80). Finally, he found a home with the Baltimore Orioles in 1981.
With Baltimore, Dwyer became a role player as a designated hitter and pinch-hitter. He enjoyed a good season in 1982, hitting .304 (74-for-260) in 71 games, but his most productive year came in 1983, when he appeared in 100 games while hitting .286 with eight home runs and 38 runs batted in, helping his team to reach the World Series, won by Baltimore in five games. In Game One of the Series, Dwyer got the Orioles only run with a solo home run off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher John Denny.
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