Joe Tanner
American baseball player, coach, and farm system instructor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Joseph Henry "Joe" Tanner was an American professional baseball player, coach, and farm system instructor spanning over 50 years. After a standout season hitting at Jones Junior College, Tanner played one year for the Texas Longhorns baseball team, making it to the 1952 College World Series. Tanner signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1953, playing just 25 games for the Red Sox Triple-A Louisville Colonels, before he spent the next two years in the US Army as an infantryman, returning to baseball for spring training in 1955. From 1955 to 1958, Tanner played for the Red Sox Double A and Triple-A affiliates. In 1959, Tanner signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ organization where he played his final three professional seasons at Triple-A before a back injury ended his professional career in 1961.
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