Terry Whitfield

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Terry Whitfield was a major league baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants and the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Baseball League. As an outfielder, Terry was known more for his hitting than his defense, finishing with a career .281 batting average in 1913 at bats. After his playing career he opened a batting cage in Burlingame, California and ran youth baseball camps. He was also head baseball coach at Burlingame High School and even invented a soft-toss machine called the "terry-toss".

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