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Rob Deer
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Then: Despite flashes of power, posted an underwhelming .220 career batting average in 11 seasons with the Giants, Brewers, Tigers, Red Sox and Padres, striking out an AL-record 186 times in 1987.
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Spent the five years immediately following his retirement from the majors in 1996 as a full-time drag racer; now is a minor league hitting coach with the Class A Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Storm. |
Photographs by John Iacono, Jeffery A. Salter
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