Rusty Greer

Thurman Clyde "Rusty" Greer III (born January 21, 1969 in Fort Rucker, Alabama) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers.

Biography

Greer attended high school in Albertville, Alabama before playing college baseball at the University of Montevallo. The Rangers made him their tenth-round pick (271st overall) in the 1990 amateur draft, and he spent the rest of the season playing for their rookie-level minor league club in Butte, Montana. He would spend all fifteen years of his professional baseball career in the Rangers organization, a feat that had become a rarity among professional ballplayers thanks to free agency.

Related Topics:
Albertville, Alabama - University of Montevallo - Butte, Montana - Free agency

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At Butte, he batted .345 with an OPS of 1.032, which earned him a promotion to the Class A Florida State League the following season. He finished 1991 with the Class AA Tulsa Drillers in the Texas League; he stayed with Tulsa through 1992 and most of 1993, before being called up to the Class AAA Oklahoma City 89ers for eight games. He also started the 1994 season with the 89ers, batting .315 in 31 games, when he earned a call-up to the Rangers.

Related Topics:
OPS - Florida State League - Tulsa Drillers - Texas League - Oklahoma City 89ers

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