Wayne Comer
| Wayne Comer | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: February 3, 1944 Shenandoah, Virginia |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 17, 1967 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 2, 1972 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .229 |
| Home runs | 16 |
| Runs batted in | 67 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Harry Wayne Comer (born February 3, 1944 in Shenandoah, Virginia) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder.
Comer was originally signed in 1962 by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent and then traded on March 23, 1963 to the Detroit Tigers for Bobo Osborne. Comer played the 1967 and 1968 seasons as a backup player for the Detroit Tigers. He made an appearance in the 1968 World Series for the Tigers, getting a single in his only at bat for a perfect 1.000 World Series batting average. On October 15, 1968, Comer was claimed by the newly formed Seattle Pilots as the 41st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
In 1969, Comer was an every day starter for the Pilots in the outfield (mostly in center field). In the first year of major league baseball in Seattle, Comer led the team in runs scored with 88. He was also second on the Pilots in home runs with 15 (trailing Don Mincher. Comer also stole 18 bases for Seattle in 1969, and his combined "Power/Speed Number" was 16.4—8th best in the American League.[1] Shortly after the Pilots moved to Milwaukee, Comer was traded to the Washington Senators—the team with whom he had signed his first professional contract.
After batting only .233 with no home runs for the Senators in 1970, Comer was sold back to the Detroit Tigers on December 5, 1970. Comer did not play in the majors in 1971 and played in only 27 games for the Tigers in 1972.
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- Detroit Tigers players
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Seattle Pilots players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Lakeland Tigers players
- Duluth-Superior Dukes players
- Reading Phillies players
- Montgomery Rebels players
- Raleigh Capitals players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
- Baseball players from Virginia
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- People from Page County, Virginia
- People from the Shenandoah Valley
- Living people
- 1944 births
