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Greg Legg
American baseball player (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gregory Lynn Legg (born April 21, 1960), is an American professional baseball second baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, in two seasons (1986–1987). During his playing days, Legg stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m), weighing 185 pounds (84 kg).[1]
Greg Legg | |
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![]() Legg with the Reading Fightin Phils in 2017 | |
Second baseman | |
Born: (1960-04-21) April 21, 1960 (age 64) San Jose, California | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 18, 1986, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 15, 1987, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .409 |
Hits | 9 |
Runs batted in | 1 |
Teams | |
Legg spent a total of 13 seasons as an active player, all in the Philadelphia organization, later managing the Phillies' Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Double-A farm team, the Reading Phillies, for whom he had previously played.
In 2009 and 2010, Legg was the hitting coach for the back-to-back South Atlantic League-champion Lakewood BlueClaws. He returned to Reading, as field manager of the Fightin Phils, for the 2017–2018 seasons. Legg joined the Lehigh Valley IronPigs’ coaching staff, for the 2019 season.[2]