Toby Harrah
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| Third baseman / Shortstop | |||
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Born: October 26, 1948 Sissonville, West Virginia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 5, 1969, for the Washington Senators | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 4, 1986, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Home runs | 195 | ||
| Runs batted in | 918 | ||
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As manager
Colbert Dale (Toby) Harrah (born October 26, 1948) is a former professional baseball player who played with the Texas Rangers both before (Washington Senators era) and after their 1971 franchise shift. He also played for the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees. In 1992, he briefly served as manager of the Rangers. Harrah most recently served as the assistant hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers.
Harrah played high school baseball in his hometown of LaRue, Ohio and was scouted out but was not signed at graduation as most scouts thought he planned to attend college on a baseball scholarship. A few months later, Tony Lucadello followed up and found that Harrah was not attending school, but was instead working in a factory in nearby Marion, Ohio. Lucadello signed Harrah for the Philadelphia Phillies in December, 1966.
After one year in the Phillies organization, Harrah was drafted by the Washington Senators in the fall of 1967. He advanced to the major league club in 1971; the next year the franchise relocated and became the Texas Rangers. He was the regular shortstop through 1976, then moved to third base, although he still saw some action at short. He was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1972, 1975, and 1976. He had a career best 93 RBIS in 1975. On June 26, 1976, Harrah played an entire doubleheader at shortstop without recording a single chance in the field.
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