American baseball player (born 1974)
Baseball player
Jeff Liefer Outfielder / First baseman Born: (1974-08-17 ) August 17, 1974 (age 50) Fontana, California , U.S.MLB: April 7, 1999, for the Chicago White SoxNPB: April 25, 2006, for the Seibu LionsMLB: September 30, 2005, for the Cleveland IndiansNPB: September 28, 2007, for the Seibu LionsBatting average .230 Home runs 31 Runs batted in 113 Batting average .256 Home runs 21 Runs batted in 60
Jeffrey Dale Liefer (born August 17, 1974)[ 1] is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and first baseman who played for the Chicago White Sox , Montreal Expos , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Milwaukee Brewers , and Cleveland Indians between 1999 and 2005.
Career
A native of Fontana, California , Liefer attended Upland High School and California State University, Long Beach . In 1995, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League .[ 2] He was drafted in the first round of the 1995 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox . Liefer has played for the White Sox, Montreal Expos , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Milwaukee Brewers , and the Cleveland Indians .
He played for the Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) during the 2006 -2007 seasons. Liefer signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox on January 12, 2008 , but retired in June.
Notability
Liefer was once stuck in the bathroom during a minor league game. Liefer said he went to the bathroom during the game and when he wanted to come out the handle was stuck. It delayed the game 20 minutes. This produced the semi-famous quote, "I don't want to be remembered as the guy who got stuck in the bathroom".(Story)
Liefer attended and played baseball for Long Beach State where he currently holds several records, including home runs and RBIs.
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1966: May
1967: Haynes
1968: McKinney
1969: Nicholson
1970: Richard
1971: Goodwin
1972: Ondina
1973: Swisher
1974: Monroe
1975: Knapp
1976: Trout
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1987: McDowell
1988: Ventura
1989: Thomas
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1992: Pearson
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1994: Johnson , Clemons
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2000: Borchard
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2007: Poreda
2008: Beckham
2009: Mitchell , Phegley
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2014: Rodón
2015: Fulmer
2016: Collins , Burdi
2017: Burger
2018: Madrigal
2019: Vaughn
2020: Crochet
2021: Montgomery
2022: Schultz
2023: J. Gonzalez
2024: Smith