Joey Gathright
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Gathright with the Kansas City Royals
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: April 27, 1981 Columbia, Mississippi |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 25, 2004, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 2011, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .263 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Stolen bases | 96 | ||
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Joey Renard Gathright (born April 27, 1981) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. He was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Gathright attended Bonnabel High School in Kenner, Louisiana, where he played baseball & Football as a junior and boxed. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 32nd round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, and signed in August after playing that summer in a Louisiana Sugar Cane League in Sorrento, Louisiana.
He made his major league debut with the Devil Rays on June 25, 2004.
Gathright was arguably one of the fastest players in major league baseball when he made his major league debut, and led all major league outfielders in range factor (3.06) in 2006. He does not hit for power (with only one home run in his MLB career). From 2006 to 2009, he had the lowest slugging average of players with at least 1000 plate appearances at .298. He has a .263 lifetime batting average going into the 2009 season.
Gathright was clocked at 6.1 seconds in the 60-yard dash.[3] While in high school, he jumped over his coach's car. That jumping ability proved useful on the field, as in a 2008 spring training game Gathright jumped over Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, who was trying to tag him out en route to first base.
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