Mackey Sasser
American baseball player (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mack Daniel Sasser (born August 3, 1962), nicknamed "The Hacker", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1987 through 1995 for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners.
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Mackey Sasser | |
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Catcher | |
Born: (1962-08-03) August 3, 1962 (age 61) Fort Gaines, Georgia, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 17, 1987, for the San Francisco Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 15, 1995, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .267 |
Home runs | 16 |
Runs batted in | 156 |
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Sasser is known for the difficulty he regularly encountered in "double clutching" balls to the pitcher, although he performed competently as a catcher otherwise.[1] He appeared in 534 games in his career, getting 317 hits with sixteen home runs, 156 runs batted in and a career .267 batting average.