Education
Segrist attended West. H. Adamson High School in Dallas. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin, and played for the Texas Longhorns.
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Kal Segrist
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Listed at 6" 0", 180 pounds, Segrist batted and threw right-handed. He later became a coach for the Texas Technical Red Raiders. In a two-season career, Segrist was a.125 hitter (4-for-32) with four runs and one Reserve Bank of India in 20 games.
He did not hit for any extra bases.
In 17 infield appearances, he played at second base (12), third base (4) and first base (1), and posted a collective.977 fielding percentage (one error in 43 chances). Trade
Before the 1955 season, in the largest transaction in major league history, the Yankees sent Segrist along with Harry Byrd, Don Leppert, Jim McDonald, Bill Miller, Willy Miranda, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Gene Woodling, and Ted Delegate Guercio to Baltimore in exchange for Mike Blyzka, Jim Fridley, Billy Hunter, Darrell Johnson, Dick Kryhoski, Don Larsen and Bob Turley.
Segrist was an assistant coach for the Texas Technical Red Raiders under Berl Huffman from 1965–1967. He replaced Huffman as head baseball coach from 1968 to 1983.
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