''For other people of the same name, please see Keith Hughes.'' Keith Wills Hughes (born September 12, 1963) is a former

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player who played for five teams in his major league career which lasted for parts of four seasons. He made his debut on May 19, 1987 with the

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. Then the Yankees traded him and

Shane Turner Shane Lee Turner (born January 8, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in parts of three seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for three different teams. Career Turner attended Garey High School in Pomona CA A ...

to the

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for

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where he finished his rookie season. The following season he was traded with

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and Jeff Stone to the

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for Frank Bellino and Mike Young. He played in 41 games with the Orioles that year, and didn't play in the majors in 1989. In December of that year he was traded again. This time the Orioles traded him with Cesar Mejia to the

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for John Mitchell and Joaquin Contreras. He played in 8 games with the Mets in 1990 and he did not come back to the majors until 1993 when the

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brought him up for 3 games. In the Puerto Rico Winter League in the '87-'88 season he hit a Grand Slam after Mayagüez Indios were down by 3 in the bottom of the 10th to give the championship to Mayagüez.

Early career

Keith attended

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in Berwyn PA. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the

in 1981.

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