finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1998 left monroe , north carolina 1993 june 21 .233 11 38 outfielder detroit tigers batting average home runs rbi august 12 7 november 1966 andy tomberlin
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andy tomberlin

andy lee tomberlin -lrb- born november 7 , 1966 in monroe , north carolina -rrb- is a former backup outfielder in major league baseball , playing mainly at right field for five different teams between the and seasons .
listed at , 160 lb , he batted and threw left-handed .
a hard-throwing pitcher converted to full-time outfielder , tomberlin entered the majors in 1993 with the pittsburgh pirates , playing for them one year before joining the boston red sox -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , oakland athletics -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , new york mets -lrb- 1996 -- 1997 -rrb- and detroit tigers -lrb- 1998 -rrb- .
his most productive season came in 1995 with oakland , when he posted career-numbers in home runs -lrb- 4 -rrb- , runs -lrb- 15 -rrb- , rbi -lrb- 10 -rrb- and stolen bases -lrb- 4 -rrb- , while hitting a .212 batting average in 46 games .
then , with the 1996 mets he hit .258 in a career-high 63 games .
in a six-season career , tomberlin was a .233 hitter -lrb- 71-for-305 -rrb- with 11 home runs and 38 rbi in 192 games , including six doubles , two triples and six stolen bases .
tomberlin also played from 1986 through 2000 in the minor leagues for eight different organizations , hitting .292 with 110 home runs and 473 rbi in 1048 games .
as a pitcher , he posted a 7 -- 2 record with a 4.01 era in 33 minor league appearances .
following his playing career , tomberlin served as a scout for the milwaukee brewers -lrb- 2001 -- 02 -rrb- , and has coached in the minors for the high desert mavericks -lrb- 2003 -- 04 -rrb- , winston-salem warthogs -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , birmingham barons -lrb- 2006 , 2009 -- 2011 -rrb- , kannapolis intimidators -lrb- 2007 -- 2008 -rrb- and charlotte knights -lrb- 2014 -- present -rrb- .
