Jeff Guiel (born January 12, 1974) is a
Canadian
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former
baseball
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outfielder.
Guiel is a graduate of
Oklahoma State University
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and was a two time all American. He was inducted into the Oklahoma state Hall of Fame in 2015. Jeff was voted by NCAA as one of the top nine players to play baseball at Oklahoma state.
He was a draft pick of the
Anaheim Angels
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and first played with the
Cedar Rapids Kernels
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in 1997,
Lake Elsinore Storm
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in 1998, then the
Erie SeaWolves
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in 1999 and 2000, the
Arkansas Travelers
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History
The team succeeded ...
and
Salt Lake Stingers
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in both 2001 and 2002 and again with Salt Lake in 2003, completing his active playing career with the Blue Jays triple A team
Syracuse Chiefs
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in 2004.
He was with Team Canada at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in Athens, Greece, which finished in fourth place.
He is the younger brother of former
Kansas City Royals
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and
New York Yankees
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outfielder
Aaron Guiel
Aaron Colin Guiel (; born October 5, 1972) is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder.
Career Minor leagues and Mexico
Guiel was drafted out of Kwantlen College by the California Angels in the 21st round of the 1992 Major League Base ...
.
He now coaches Lynn Valley Little League 9 selects
References
Baseball Reference
1974 births
Arkansas Travelers players
Baseball people from British Columbia
Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Baseball outfielders
Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
Cedar Rapids Kernels players
Erie SeaWolves players
Lake Elsinore Storm players
Living people
Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball players
Olympic baseball players of Canada
Salt Lake Stingers players
Sportspeople from North Vancouver
Syracuse SkyChiefs players
All-American college baseball players
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