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Gregg Jefferies

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Full Name: Gregory Scott Jefferies Primary Position: LF,OF,1B,2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: September 6, 1987
Birthdate: August 1, 1967 Final Game: May 29, 2000
Birthplace: Burlingame, California MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Gregg Jefferies (Gregory Scott Jefferies) was born on August 1, 1967 in Burlingame, California. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1987 for the New York Mets. In 1989, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 12 home runs and 56 RBI. Jefferies played for the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Anaheim Angels and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Gregg Jefferies's best season was 1993, when he slugged 16 home runs, stole 46 bases, hit for a .342 average and knocked in 83 runs.

The Mets selected Jefferies in the first round of the 1985 Amateur Draft, using the 20th overall pick. He was named Minor League Player of the Year for both 1986 and 1987, and made his Mets debut in September of '87 at the age of 19. Many Mets fans, seeing him as the Next Great Thing, were clamoring for him to join the big club permanently, but he was blocked at third base by Howard Johnson and second by an effective Wally Backman/Tim Teufel platoon.

By August of 1988, though, Jefferies was in the bigs to stay. He hit .321 during his call-up, and the Mets traded Backman to the Minnesota Twins during the off-season.

However, the Jefferies never reached his superstar hype-status, with his Mets career peaking in 1990 when he lead the National League with 40 doubles. After being maligned in the press for being a prima donna, in 1991, Jefferies wrote an "open letter" to sports-talk radio station WFAN, stating his case:

When a pitcher is having trouble getting players out, when a hitter is having trouble hitting, or when a player makes an error, I try to support them in whatever way I can. I don't run to the media to belittle them or to draw more attention to their difficult times. I can only hope that one day those teammates who have found it convenient to criticize me will realize that we are all in this together. If only we can concentrate more on the games than complaining and bickering and pointing fingers, we would all be better off.

This, naturally, did nothing to help his cause. Indeed, it sealed his fate in Queens, as he was traded to the Kansas City Royals as part of the deal which netted Bret Saberhagen for the Mets.

In 1993, Jefferies was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals, where he would have his two best seasons, batting .342 and .325, respectively, while finding a home at first base and being named to the National League All-Star team in both the 1993 and 1994 seasons. Jefferies hit free agency after the 1994 season. Even though the Cardinals wanted to keep Jefferies on the roster, they refused to give him a no-trade clause. Instead, Jefferies signed a four year, $19.5 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. His non-descript career as a Philly was cap-stoned by a deadline trade to the Anaheim Angels, where he he hit .347 in 19 games -- with no walks.

In the 1998 off-season, Jefferies signed a two year deal with the Detroit Tigers, netting him $4.5 million in the process. His thumb chronically bothering him, Jefferies was reduced to a part-time role, and hit a mere 8 home runs and drove in a paltry 32 runs over his two seasons in Detroit.

After the 2000 season, at age 32, Jefferies hung them up.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1987 NY N 6 6 0 3 0 2 .500 .500 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NY N 29 109 19 35 6 17 .321 .364 .596 8 2 8 10 0 0 5 0 1
1989 NY N 141 508 72 131 12 56 .258 .314 .392 28 2 39 46 5 2 21 8 16
1990 NY N 153 604 96 171 15 68 .283 .337 .434 40 3 46 40 5 0 11 2 12
1991 NY N 136 486 59 132 9 62 .272 .336 .374 19 2 47 38 2 1 26 2 12
1992 KC A 152 604 66 172 10 75 .285 .329 .404 36 3 43 29 1 0 19 4 24
1993 STL N 142 544 89 186 16 83 .342 .408 .485 24 3 62 32 2 0 46 7 15
1994 STL N 103 397 52 129 12 55 .325 .391 .489 27 1 45 26 1 0 12 12 9
1995 PHI N 114 480 69 147 11 56 .306 .349 .448 31 2 35 26 0 0 9 5 15
1996 PHI N 104 404 59 118 7 51 .292 .348 .401 17 3 36 21 1 0 20 6 9
1997 PHI N 130 476 68 122 11 48 .256 .333 .391 25 3 53 27 2 0 12 7 8
1998 PHI N 125 483 65 142 8 48 .294 .331 .402 22 3 29 27 1 1 11 4 17
1998 ANA A 19 72 7 25 1 10 .347 .347 .472 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 2
1998 Total 144 555 72 167 9 58 .301 .333 .411 28 3 29 32 1 1 12 4 19
1999 DET A 70 205 22 41 6 18 .200 .258 .327 8 0 13 11 4 0 3 1 9
2000 DET A 41 142 18 39 2 14 .275 .344 .373 8 0 16 10 0 0 0 1 7
Total NL 1183 4497 648 1316 107 546 .293 .350 .429 242 24 400 293 19 4 173 53 114
Total AL 282 1023 113 277 19 117 .271 .318 .389 58 3 72 55 5 0 23 6 42
Total 1465 5520 761 1593 126 663 .289 .344 .421 300 27 472 348 24 4 196 59 156

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1988 NY N 3B 20 19 160.2 17 30 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1988 NY N 2B 10 8 67.1 16 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1989 NY N 2B 123 113 1007 223 254 12 41 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1989 NY N 3B 20 14 128 19 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1990 NY N 3B 34 34 286.1 23 63 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1990 NY N 2B 118 113 996.1 219 278 12 49 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1991 NY N 2B 77 74 611.2 144 177 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1991 NY N 3B 51 49 438.1 26 94 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 .916
1992 KC A 3B 146 146 1288.1 96 304 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1992 KC A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1992 KC A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1993 STL N 1B 140 139 1185.2 1279 76 9 114 1 0 0 0 0 .993
1993 STL N 2B 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1994 STL N 1B 102 100 865.1 889 53 7 94 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1995 PHI N 1B 59 58 518.2 492 33 3 53 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1995 PHI N LF 55 55 484.1 87 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 PHI N OF 55 55 484.1 87 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1996 PHI N 1B 53 53 446.1 412 38 1 38 0 0 0 0 0 .998
1996 PHI N LF 51 50 437 110 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1996 PHI N OF 51 50 437 110 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1997 PHI N OF 124 122 1021.2 211 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1997 PHI N LF 124 122 1021.2 210 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1998 PHI N OF 121 119 955.2 168 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1998 PHI N LF 121 119 955.2 168 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1998 ANA A LF 15 15 101.1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 ANA A 1B 3 3 24 23 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 ANA A OF 15 15 101.1 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 Total LF 136 134 1057 194 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1998 Total OF 136 134 1057 193 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1999 DET A 1B 3 3 24 19 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 DET A 2B 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 DET A LF 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1999 DET A DH 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 DET A OF 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 DET A 3B 6 4 31 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 DET A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 DET A 1B 20 18 156 164 15 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 .994
2000 DET A DH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 DET A 2B 14 14 111 23 33 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2000 DET A OF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 277 266 2332.2 183 521 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 .941
Total OF 369 362 3017 603 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .994
Total 1B 380 374 3220 3278 221 21 320 1 0 0 0 0 .994
Total DH 48 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 346 322 2800.1 627 760 31 116 0 0 0 0 0 .978
Total LF 369 362 3017 603 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .994

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (20th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed June 13, 1985).
  • Traded by New York Mets with Kevin McReynolds and Keith Miller to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Bret Saberhagen and Bill Pecota (December 11, 1991).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals with Ed Gerald to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Felix Jose and Craig Wilson (February 22, 1993).
  • Granted free agency (October 18, 1994).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 14, 1994).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Anaheim Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (August 28, 1998); Philadelphia Phillies received Doug Nickle (September 9, 1998).
  • Granted free agency (October 26, 1998).
  • Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 28, 1998).
  • Granted free agency (October 31, 2000).

[edit] Trivia

  • Received votes toward the Rookie of the Year award in both 1988 and 1989
  • Lead the National League in doubles in 1990
  • Two-time All-Star (1993 and 1994)
  • Earned $725,500 in three full seasons with the New York Mets
  • Made an appearance (cameo) on Saturday Night Live on December 13, 1997


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