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Saint Cloud State University.
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Jim Eisenreich
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He played for the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals of the American League, and the Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League. He played first base, outfield and designated hitter. As the Phillies began their slide the next season, Eisenreich was one of the team"s few bright spots, batting.361 for the last place Phillies in 1996.
Eisenreich was part of a "blockbuster" baseball trade on May 14, 1998.
He was traded from the Florida Marlins, with Bobby Bonilla, Gary Sheffield, Charles Johnson, and Manuel Barrios, to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Todd Zeile and Mike Piazza. Eisenreich was noted in Los Angeles for his longtime success against Dodger pitching staffs, despite those staffs being among the best.
His.405 batting average and.620 slugging percentage greatly exceed his other career numbers and rank among the most successful of any one player against any team
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In 1993, his first year with the Phillies, Eisenreich put together one of his best years, batting.318 and helping the Phillies to win the National League pennant. Eisenreich resides in the Kansas City area and runs the Jim Eisenreich Foundation for Children with Tourette"s Syndrome whose goal is to help children with TeamSpeak to achieve personal success.
