Tom Prince (baseball)

Tom Prince
Prince with the Toledo Mud Hens in 2021
Catcher
Born: (1964-08-13) August 13, 1964 (age 60)
Kankakee, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 1987, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 2003, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Batting average.208
Home runs24
Runs batted in140
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Thomas Albert Prince (born August 13, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player, and coach.[1] He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1987 to 2003. Although Prince didn't produce impressive offensive statistics, he excelled defensively as a catcher which enabled him to sustain a seventeen-year playing career with several major league teams.[2]

After his playing career, he served as a coach and manager in the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers minor league organizations.

  1. ^ "Tom Prince statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Doyle, Al (November 2002). "Sustaining a Long Career". Baseball Digest. Retrieved October 22, 2011.