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Greg Luzinski

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b. November 22, 1950 · Philadelphia Phillies 1970–1980, Chicago White Sox 1981–1984

He led the National League with 120 runs batted in in 1975 and had a better year still in 1977: 39 home runs, 130 runs batted in, .309. Philadelphia won its division in three straight seasons around those years and could not get past the Championship Series in any of them.

Fifteen seasons gave him 1,795 hits, 307 home runs, 1,128 runs batted in, 845 walks and a .276 average, with four All-Star selections. He was large, hit the ball a long way, and was a liability in left field, which is the whole of the scouting report and most of why the White Sox used him as a designated hitter for his last four years. He won the Outstanding Designated Hitter award twice there.

The Roberto Clemente Award, for what a player does away from the field, came to him in 1978, at twenty-seven. He has run a barbecue stand at Citizens Bank Park since it opened. The 1990 ballot gave him one vote of 444.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 4 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
The Sporting News All-Star 3 1975, 1977, 1983
Outstanding DH Award 2 1981, 1983
Player of the Month 2 1973, 1977
Player of the Week 2 1977, 1981
Roberto Clemente Award 1 1978

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1970 PHI 81202 000 0350 .167
1971 PHI 281001330 803 1512322 .300
1972 PHI 15056366158 33518 68421140 .281
1973 PHI 16161076174 26429 97511353 .285
1974 PHI 853022982 1417 4829763 .272
1975 PHI 16159685179 35334 120891513 .300
1976 PHI 14953374162 28121 95501071 .304
1977 PHI 14955499171 35339 130801403 .309
1978 PHI 15554085143 32235 1011001358 .265
1979 PHI 13745247114 23118 81561033 .252
1980 PHI 1063684484 19119 56601003 .228
1981 CHW 10437855100 15121 6258800 .265
1982 CHW 15958387170 37118 102891201 .292
1983 CHW 14450273128 26132 95701172 .255
1984 CHW 1254124798 13013 5856805 .238
Career 182165058801795 34424307 1128845149537 .276

On this day & linked events

1950

Born November 22, 1950

Chicago, IL, USA

1970

Major-league debut: Greg Luzinski

Greg Luzinski made a major-league debut on September 9, 1970.

1984

Final major-league game: Greg Luzinski

Greg Luzinski played a final major-league game on September 24, 1984.

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