Greg Jemison
graduated from Coatesville in the early 1970s. By the end of the decade he was
on baseball cards! In fact, I recently came across his card on eBay. His 1979
Official minor League Photo Fact Card shows that Jenison
played Outfield for the West Haven Yankees in the Eastern League.
Sports Center
Saturday is a genealogical prompt of GeneaBloggers.
He batted left
handed and threw right handed. He played 13 games for the Yankees in 1979.
During those 13 games, he made 55 appearances at plate. Jemison enjoyed eight
runs that season, including a Double and a Triple. That season he also enjoyed
his highest batting average of .311. The New York Yankees was the parent
organization to West Haven .
Born 15 July 1954
in Coatesville, he graduated Coatesville and went on to Seton Hall University . He played for the Gulf Coast
Rangers in 1976 at just 21 years of age. He went on to also play for Asheville
Tourists, Tulsa Drillers, West Haven Yankees, Alexandria Dukes, and Nashville
Sounds.
He was not the
only sports star to hail from Coatesville. To be honest, I was planning on
chatting about the others as well but a quick Google search turned up more than
I could cover and at the same time do justice.
Do YOU know an
athlete who went on to play professionally from Coatesville?
©
Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
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