George Lombard
| George Lombard | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: September 14, 1975 | |
| Batted: Left | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 4, 1998 for the Atlanta Braves | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 1, 2006 for the Washington Nationals | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .220 |
| Home runs | 8 |
| Runs batted in | 21 |
| Teams | |
George Paul Lombard (born September 14, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.
Lombard was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Braves in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft, the same year that he graduated from The Lovett School in Atlanta. He has seen major league action with the Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Washington Nationals.
He was the first American baseball player to hit a home run in China during the MLB China Series on March 15, 2008.
During the 2008-2009 offseason, Lombard signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians.
On July 4, 2009 Lombard was released by the Cleveland Indians. He spent 2010 as the hitting coach for the Lowell Spinners, Short-Season A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and has been manager of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Red Sox since 2011.[1]
George's late mother, Posy, was a noted civil rights activist and associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube
- SoxProspects.com Bio
| Preceded by Dave Tomlin |
Gulf Coast Red Sox manager 2011– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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