Ty Van Burkleo
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Seattle Mariners
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and a former first baseman
First baseman
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in major league baseball
Major League Baseball
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. He played for two different major league teams in his career: the California Angels
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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and Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies
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. He also played for two teams in Japan
Japan
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: the Seibu Lions
Seibu Lions
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based west of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group...
(-) and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda. Mazda is the largest single shareholder , which is less than the portion owned by the Matsuda family . Because of that,...
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At the plate he was 5-for-38, for a .132 batting average
Batting average
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. His one home run
Home run
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was hit on August 16, 1993, against Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
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right-hander Bill Gullickson
Bill Gullickson
William Lee Gullickson is a former major league baseball pitcher who played for six different major-league teams, in Canada, the U.S...
. In the field, he handled 118 chances without an error
Error (baseball)
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for a fielding percentage
Fielding percentage
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of 1.000.
Van Burkleo played the last of his 14 major league baseball
Major League Baseball
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games on July 30, 1994.
Before receiving his assignment in Seattle, Van Burkleo was the hitting coach for the Oakland Athletics
Oakland Athletics
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On August 9, 2010 Van Burkenlo was fired by the Mariners. Along with manager Don Wakamatsu
Don Wakamatsu
Wilbur Donald "Don" Wakamatsu is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager. He was the manager of the Seattle Mariners for the season, as well as the majority of the season...
and pitching coach Rick Adair
Rick Adair
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