Gregory Allen Brock (born June 14, 1957) is a retired baseball player who played for 10 seasons in

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. A first baseman for his entire major league career, he split his time evenly between the

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and Milwaukee Brewers.

Early life

Brock was born in McMinnville,

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, the son of Joe Brock, who coached baseball at Stayton High School. Greg played for his father at the school, and in 1995 had his jersey retired. Brock attended the

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Career statistics

In 1013 games over 10 major league seasons, Brock posted a .248

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(794-for-3202) with 420 runs, 141 doubles, 6 triples, 110

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, 462 RBI, 41 stolen bases, 434

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, .338

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and .399

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. Defensively, he recorded a .994

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as a first baseman. In the 1983 and 1985

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, he hit only .048 (1-for-21) with 3 runs, 1 home run, 2 RBI and 2 walks in 8 games.

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