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Joey Renard Gathright (born April 27, 1981, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Gathright attended Bonnabel High School in Kenner, Louisiana, where he played baseball as a junior and boxed. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 32nd round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft, and signed in August after playing that summer in a Louisiana Sugar Cane League in Sorrento, Louisiana. He made his major league debut with the Devil Rays on June 25, 2004. Gathright was arguably one of the fastest players in major league baseball when he made his major league debut, and led all major league outfielders in range factor (3.06) in 2006; in 2008, however, his range factor was below average.
Down And Out In Baseball's Indie Leagues; Or, What Made Tommy John Want To Rake The Infield? [Unaffiliated]
By: Dead Spin
9May2012A dispatch from our correspondent with the Bridgeport Bluefish, an unaffiliated team in the Atlantic League. More »...
- Mentions: Bridgeport Bluefish, Felix Pie
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