finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1989 left granada hills , california 1989 october 1 .208 1 7 outfielder atlanta braves batting average home runs rbi june 7 18 october 1963 jeff wetherby
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jeff wetherby

jeffrey barret wetherby -lrb- born october 18 , 1963 in granada hills , california , usa -rrb- is a former major league baseball outfielder who played for the atlanta braves in 1989 .
prior to playing professionally , wetherby attended kennedy high school and then college of the canyons and university of southern california .
he was originally drafted by the philadelphia phillies in the 10th round of the 1984 january draft , however he did not sign .
he was then drafted by the braves in the 21st round of the 1985 draft , signing .
wetherby made his major league debut with the braves on june 7 , 1989 at the age of 25 .
in his first career at-bat , pinch hitting for geronimo berroa , wetherby singled to drive in base runner dale murphy .
a few days later wetherby had pinch hits in back to back games at the astrodome .
he thus was 3 for 3 in his first three major league at bats and all three were pinch hits .
on september 2 , pinch hitting for tony castillo , wetherby hit his first and only career home run off of future braves pitcher greg maddux .
on october 1 , he appeared in his final big league game .
overall , wetherby spent 52 games with the braves in 1989 , hitting .208 with two doubles , one triple and one home run .
he was used mostly as a pinch hitter , appearing in only nine games in the field .
despite having a short major league career , wetherby enjoyed an eight-year minor league career .
in 771 minor league games , wetherby hit .283 with 156 doubles , 17 triples and 52 home runs .
he collected 740 hits in 2,614 at-bats .
in 1987 with the greenville braves , he hit .303 with 31 doubles , four triples and 12 home runs in 140 games .
on march 18 , 1990 he was traded by the braves with minor leaguer miguel sabino to the cleveland indians for tommy hinzo .
he is currently a scout for the detroit tigers .
