Carney Lansford
Carney Lansford | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: San Jose, California, U.S. | February 7, 1957|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 8, 1978, for the California Angels | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 1992, for the Oakland Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .290 |
Hits | 2,074 |
Home runs | 151 |
Runs batted in | 874 |
Teams | |
As player
As coach | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Carney Ray Lansford (born February 7, 1957) is an
Career
Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the
In his 15-year career, Lansford was a .290 hitter with 151 home runs, 874 RBI, and 224 stolen bases in 1862 games. In five American League Championship Series and three World Series covering 33 games, he hit .305 (39-for-128) with two home runs and 18 RBI.
Baseball writer Bill James ranked Lansford as the 39th best 3rd baseman all-time but heavily criticized his defense and wrote that "he was a good hitter but he was an awful third baseman."[2]
Coaching career
Lansford was a hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Lansford was relieved of his duties following the 2009 season.[3] Lansford was hired by the Rockies for the 2011 season.[4] In 2015, Lansford was a Batting Coach for the Lamigo Monkeys of the CPBL.[citation needed]
Personal life
Lansford had a cameo role as Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey, the Chicago White Sox batter that Mel Clark (played by Tony Danza) retires for the final out in the Angels' pennant-winning game in the 1994 remake of Angels in the Outfield.
He claims to be a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake, who died with no known children.[5]
His son, Jared, was drafted by Oakland in the second round of the 2005 amateur draft. His other son, Josh, was a third baseman in the Chicago Cubs minor league system. His brother, Jody Lansford, spent nine seasons in the minor leagues, briefly breaking into the big leagues with the San Diego Padres, for whom he recorded 30 at bats with six hits in parts of two seasons, with one career home run.[6] His other brother, Phil Lansford, was drafted 10th overall in the 1978 draft but never made it to the majors.[citation needed]
He played for the Briarwood Little League team, from
In 2019, Lansford created a personal web page where he announced he would be starting a web page dedicated to recapping and commenting on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian. Lansford is an avid Star Wars fan and has always stated that his favorite character was Boba Fett. However, as of 2020, the web page has been deactivated and Lansford never offered any additional public commentary on the show.
Lansford went to Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, California. The school's baseball field is named for him.
See also
- List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
- List of Silver Slugger Award winners at third base
- List of Boston Red Sox award winners
- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball batting champions
- List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches
References
- ^ "Sox Trade Burleson, Hobson For Lansford, Clear, Miller," The Harvard Crimson (Harvard University), Thursday, December 11, 1980. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ISBN 9781439106938.
- ^ "Home".
- ^ "Lansford takes over as Rockies' new hitting coach". 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Effectively Wild Episode 1546: Best of the Best". 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Jody Lansford - the Baseball Cube". Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "CarneyLansford.com : Timeline". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Baseball Gauge
- Carney Lansford - Baseballbiography.com
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
- 1969 Little League World Series
- Carney Lansford at IMDb