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Following his playing retirement, Goggin [[manager (baseball)|managed]] the [[Nashville Sounds]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] ([[Managers and ownership of the Nashville Sounds|1978]]) and also won a [[Liga Mexicana del Pacífico|Mexican Pacific League]] championship with the 1978-79 [[Mayos de Navojoa|Navojoa Mayos]], a team that included in their roster future big leaguers [[Rickey Henderson]] and [[Randy Niemann]]. |
Following his playing retirement, Goggin [[manager (baseball)|managed]] the [[Nashville Sounds]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] ([[Managers and ownership of the Nashville Sounds|1978]]) and also won a [[Liga Mexicana del Pacífico|Mexican Pacific League]] championship with the 1978-79 [[Mayos de Navojoa|Navojoa Mayos]], a team that included in their roster future big leaguers [[Rickey Henderson]] and [[Randy Niemann]]. |
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Goggin is a [[Vietnam War]] veteran who served for the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] between 1966 and 1967. |
Goggin is a [[Vietnam War]] veteran who served for the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] between 1966 and 1967. Following his career in baseball, Goggin resided in Nashville, Tennessee and served as U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee. |
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Charles Francis Goggin (born July 7, 1945 in Pompano Beach, Florida) is a former utility in Major League Baseball who played from 1972 through 1974 for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1972-73), Atlanta Braves (1973) and Boston Red Sox (1974). Listed at 5' 11", 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
A versatile player with a good throwing arm, Goggin made 35 appearances at second base (22), left field (5), shortstop (5), right field, and as an emergency catcher (2).
In a three-season career, Goggin was a .293 hitter (29-for-99) with seven RBI in 72 games (37 in pinch-hitting duties), including 19 runs, five doubles, and a .355 on-base percentage.
Following his playing retirement, Goggin managed the Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League (1978) and also won a Mexican Pacific League championship with the 1978-79 Navojoa Mayos, a team that included in their roster future big leaguers Rickey Henderson and Randy Niemann.
Goggin is a Vietnam War veteran who served for the U.S. Marine Corps between 1966 and 1967. Following his career in baseball, Goggin resided in Nashville, Tennessee and served as U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee.
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- Baseball Reference
- 1978-79 Mayos de Navojoa (Spanish)
- Atlanta Braves players
- Boston Red Sox players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Major League Baseball infielders
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball catchers
- American military personnel of the Vietnam War
- Major League Baseball players from Florida
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Mayos de Navojoa players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Nashville Sounds managers