Thomas Joseph Magrann (born December 9, 1963) is an American former

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player. A

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, Magrann played for the

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in .

Baseball career

Magrann graduated from

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in 1981 and went on to play

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. He was undrafted out of Broward and began his professional baseball career in 1983 with the Helena Phillies. In 1985, Mangram appeared in ten games as a pitcher for the Peninsula Pilots. In 1987, Magrann broke his leg in a collision at

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. While recovering from the injury, he was supplanted in the

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' organizational

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by catcher Mickey Tettleton who received a promotion to the majors in his place. He was subsequently traded in 1989 to the

. Magrann made his Major League debut on September 7, 1989 at

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against the

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. He was hitless in his only

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as a

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ter for catcher Andy Allanson. Magrann appeared in a total of nine game with the Indians and failed to reach base in ten at bats. On September 30, he threw

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out as he tried to steal second base; it was the only runner that Magrann

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in his brief Major League career. Magrann wore the

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76 in his brief stint with the Indians and, , is the only Indians player to have done so. Before the 1990 season, the Indians traded for star rookie catcher

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, effectively dashing Magrann's hopes of any significant playing time with the organization. The 1991 season was Magrann's final in affiliated baseball. He began the year in the

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organization. He was playing for the

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when the Pirates released him midseason. He subsequently joined the

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. In 1992, Magrann played professional baseball in Braschaat,

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where he hit 18

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s in 15 games. In April 2016, Magrann became the head baseball coach at

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Personal life

Magrann's father, also named Thomas, was of Irish descent and met Magrann's mother, Joanne, while he was studying to enter the

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and she was a

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ist. Magrann is one of their four children. Magrann married Christine Margaret Dart on July 23, 1994 at Nativity Lutheran Church in

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. At the time, he was employed by the

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. , he was a

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in Deerfield Beach but living in

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