American baseball player (born 1971)
Baseball player
Greg Blosser Outfielder Born: (1971-06-26 ) June 26, 1971 (age 53) Manatee County, Florida , U.S.MLB: September 5, 1993, for the Boston Red SoxNPB: April 3, 1999, for the Seibu LionsMLB: April 17, 1994, for the Boston Red SoxNPB: June 22, 1999, for the Seibu LionsBatting average .077 Home runs 0 Runs batted in 2 Batting average .198 Home runs 3 Runs batted in 9 Stats at Baseball Reference
Gregory Brent Blosser (born June 26, 1971) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB ) who briefly played for the Boston Red Sox during the 1993 and 1994 seasons as part of a 15-year career in professional baseball .
Biography
Born in Manatee County, Florida , Blosser was taken by Boston with their first-round pick in the 1989 Major League Baseball draft out of Sarasota High School . His brief trial with the 1993–1994 Red Sox came after he slugged 23 homers for Triple–A Pawtucket in 1992. In his 22-game MLB career, he collected two singles and a double and six bases on balls in 45 plate appearances , hitting .077 and collecting two runs batted in .
Following his minor league career, Blosser played in 34 games for Japan's Seibu Lions in 1999 . He later appeared in 208 games for two clubs in the independent Atlantic League . He retired from pro baseball in 2008 with 202 career home runs — 155 in the minors, 44 in the independent leagues, and three in Japan.
Blosser batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
In 2000 he and his father started a private detective agency.[ 1] He has many investments in real estate in both Florida and Japan.[citation needed ]
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