Terence Roy McGriff (born September 23, 1963) is an American former professional

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, and

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(MLB).

Career

He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 8th round of the

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, and he made his MLB debut on July 11, 1987. After retiring from playing, he became the bench/hitting coach for the

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. On August 7, 1988, McGriff caught a

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with batterymate Jack Armstrong of the Triple-A

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. The game was one

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shy of being a

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. McGriff is the cousin of

Fred McGriff Frederick Stanley McGriff (born October 31, 1963) is an American former first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for six teams from 1986 through 2004. Nicknamed "Crime Dog", a word play on McGruff the Crime Dog, he was one of the ...

and the uncle of Charles Johnson, both of whom are former major league

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