John Thomas Harris (born September 13, 1954) is an American former

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player. He played in

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(MLB) for the California Angels. He is currently the manager for the

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of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Harris was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended

Lubbock Christian University Lubbock Christian University (LCU) is a private Christian university associated with the Churches of Christ and located in Lubbock, Texas. Chartered originally as part of a grade school called Lubbock Christian School in 1954, the institutio ...

. He was chosen in the 29th round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft. He played in the major leagues from 1979 until October 1981 — all with the California Angels. He was the hitting coach of the

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of the

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in 2009 and alternated between the Shreveport-Bossier Captains in the American Association and the Amarillo Dillas of the United League in 2010 as the hitting coach. In 2011, Harris was hired as the field manager of the Amarillo Sox of the American Association.

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