Reggie Jefferson | |
Position: | Designated hitter / First baseman |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1968 |
Birth Place: | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | May 18 |
Debutyear: | 1991 |
Debutteam: | Cincinnati Reds |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | October 3 |
Finalyear: | 1999 |
Finalteam: | Boston Red Sox |
Debut2league: | NPB |
Debut2date: | April 1 |
Debut2year: | 2000 |
Debut2team: | Seibu Lions |
Final2league: | NPB |
Final2date: | August 25 |
Final2year: | 2000 |
Final2team: | Seibu Lions |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .300 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 72 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 300 |
Stat2league: | NPB |
Stat21label: | Batting average |
Stat21value: | .260 |
Stat22label: | Home runs |
Stat22value: | 10 |
Stat23label: | Runs batted in |
Stat23value: | 48 |
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Reginald "Reg" Jirod Jefferson (born September 25, 1968) is a former designated hitter who played for from 1991 to 1999 the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox.
Reggie attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee; he was a three-sport star, lettering in baseball, basketball and football.
He was traded in the winter of 1993 by Cleveland to Seattle with Félix Fermín and cash for shortstop Omar Vizquel.[1] He also played one season in Japan for the Seibu Lions in 2000.
For the Red Sox in 1996, he hit for a batting average of .347 which would have been third highest in the league if not for falling short in at-bats needed and was given the nickname 'The Miracle' by faithful Red Sox fans. Unable to hit left-handed pitchers, he was left off the 1999 playoff roster as a result. Jefferson would never play major league baseball again.[2]
In 680 games over nine seasons, Jefferson posted a .300 batting average (637-for-2123) with 285 runs, 131 doubles, 11 triples, 72 home runs, 300 RBI, 146 bases on balls, .349 on-base percentage and .474 slugging percentage.
Jefferson has also served as a player agent.[3] He was the hitting coach of the Albuquerque Isotopes in 2005 and the University of South Florida in 2006.