Steve Pearce (baseball)
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Steven Wayne Pearce (born April 13, 1983) is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox. Pearce is only the second player in MLB history to have played for every team in the American League East, the first being Kelly Johnson.[1] He is also the first and only player to have hit two walk-off grand slams in the span of a single week.
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Outfielder / First baseman | |||||||||||||||
Born: (1983-04-13) April 13, 1983 (age 41) Lakeland, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
September 1, 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
May 31, 2019, for the Boston Red Sox | |||||||||||||||
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Batting average | .254 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 91 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 303 | ||||||||||||||
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Pearce was instrumental in Boston's 2018 World Series triumph over the Los Angeles Dodgers, displaying key outbursts of power en route to being named the World Series Most Valuable Player.