Gregory Brent Blosser (born June 26, 1971) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball ( MLB) who briefly played for the Boston Red Sox during the and seasons as part of a 15-year career in professional baseball.

Biography

Born in

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, Blosser was taken by Boston with their first-round pick in the

1989 Major League Baseball draft First-round selections The following are the first round picks in the 1989 Major League Baseball draft on June 5. Supplemental first round selections Other notable players * Brian Hunter, 2nd round, 35th overall by the Houston Astros * Ti ...

out of Sarasota High School. His brief trial with the 1993–1994 Red Sox came after he slugged 23 homers for Triple–A Pawtucket in 1992. In his 22-game MLB career, he collected two

singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

and a

double A double is a look-alike or doppelgänger; one person or being that resembles another. Double, The Double or Dubble may also refer to: Film and television * Double (filmmaking), someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character * Th ...

and six

bases on balls A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls '' balls'', and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Se ...

in 45

plate appearances In baseball statistics, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. Under Rule 5.04(c) of the Official Baseball Rules, a player completes a turn batting when he is put out or becomes a runner ...

hitting A strike is a directed physical attack with either a part of the human body or with an inanimate object (such as a weapon) intended to cause blunt trauma or penetrating trauma upon an opponent. There are many different varieties of strikes. A ...

.077 and collecting two runs batted in. Following his

minor league Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in Nor ...

career, Blosser played in 34 games for Japan's Seibu Lions in . He later appeared in 208 games for two clubs in the independent Atlantic League. He retired from pro baseball in with 202 career home runs — 155 in the minors, 44 in the independent leagues, and three in Japan. Blosser batted and threw left-handed, stood tall and weighed . In 2000 he and his father started a private detective agency. He has many investments in real estate in both Florida and Japan.

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Greg Blosser
at SABR (Baseball BioProject) 1971 births Living people American expatriate baseball people in Japan Boston Red Sox players Durham Bulls players Fresno Grizzlies players Gulf Coast Red Sox players Lancaster Barnstormers players Lynchburg Red Sox players Major League Baseball left fielders New Britain Red Sox players Oklahoma City 89ers players Pawtucket Red Sox players Rochester Red Wings players St. Petersburg Devil Rays players Sarasota High School alumni Seibu Lions players Somerset Patriots players Baseball players from Sarasota, Florida Trenton Thunder players Winter Haven Red Sox players Baseball players from Manatee County, Florida {{US-baseball-outfielder-1970s-stub