Greg Booker

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American baseball player (1960–2019)

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::summary American baseball player (1960–2019) ::

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Field	Value
name	Greg Booker
position	Pitcher
width	200
image	Greg Booker San Diego (cropped).jpg
caption	Booker with the San Diego Padres 1985
bats	Right
throws	Right
birth_date
birth_place	Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Elon, North Carolina, U.S.
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	September 11
debutyear	1983
debutteam	San Diego Padres
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	May 26
finalyear	1990
finalteam	San Francisco Giants
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Win–loss record
stat1value	5–7
stat2label	Earned run average
stat2value	3.89
stat3label	Strikeouts
stat3value	119
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San Diego Padres (–)
Minnesota Twins ()
San Francisco Giants () Gregory Scott Booker (June 22, 1960 – March 30, 2019) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1983 until 1990. Booker's best season was in 1987. He made 44 relief appearances relief, posting a 3.16 ERA, winning 1 game and picking up his only career save on May 10, 1987, against the Cubs. Unusually, it came in a game that the Padres won by the lopsided score of 14–2. Booker pitched the final 3 innings to preserve the win for starting pitcher Ed Whitson. He also served as a coach for the San Diego Padres from 1997 until 2003, the first four years as bullpen coach, then a season-plus as pitching coach for AAA Syracuse Chiefs during the rise of Washington Nationals phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg. He was a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Booker's widow, Kristi, is the daughter of long-time major league manager Jack McKeon. His son Zach Booker was a catcher in the minor leagues from 2007 until 2011. In 2022 he was hired on as head baseball coach for the D3 Guilford Quakers. His son Avery was the head baseball coach for Greensboro College in Greensboro, North Carolina.

On June 29, 1989, McKeon, often called "Trader Jack", traded his own son-in-law to the Minnesota Twins for pitcher Freddie Toliver.

He died of melanoma on March 30, 2019.

References

"Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres Box Score, May 10, 1987".
Associated Press. (18 May 2003). "Padres fire pitching coach Booker".
Gurnick, Ken. (17 December 2013). "Dodgers continue to expand scouting department". [[MLB.com]].
Hermoso, Rafael. (21 October 2003). "Baseball: Still Open for Business, at 72". [[The New York Times]].
"Zach Booker".
(2006). "Greg Booker".
(2019). "Obituary and Services: Gregory Scott Booker".

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