John Thomas Coppinger (born March 19, 1974) was a former

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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who played from through for the

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and

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. He attended high school at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas and graduated in 1993. He is also known for surrendering

Mark McGwire Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 2001 for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardi ...

's 583rd

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, which was the last home run of McGwire's career. Coppinger was traded from the

Orioles Oriole or Orioles may refer to: Animals * Old World oriole, colorful passerine birds in the family Oriolidae * New World oriole, a group of birds in the family Icteridae Music * The Orioles, an R&B and doo-wop group of the late 1940s and early ...

to the Brewers on July 16, 1999, in a transaction that was completed five days later on July 21 when

Al Reyes Rafael Alberto "Al" Reyes (born April 10, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-handed pitcher and career reliever, he played for seven teams; debuting on April 27, 1995, with the Milwaukee Brewers and playing for the Baltimore ...

was sent to Baltimore.Sheinin, Dave. "Orioles Notebook," ''The Washington Post'', Thursday, July 22, 1999.
Retrieved February 2, 2023.

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