Carney Ray Lansford was born on February 7,1957 and is an American former professional baseball player and coach.
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18 Facts About Carney Lansford
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Carney Lansford played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1978 to 1992, most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won three consecutive American League pennants and a World Series championship in 1989.
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Carney Lansford played for the California Angels and the Boston Red Sox.
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Carney Lansford became the A's regular third baseman and was there for their 1988 through 1992 dynasty, typically hitting second behind Rickey Henderson.
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Carney Lansford played in three World Series with the A's, losing in 1988 and 1990 and winning in 1989.
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Baseball writer Bill James ranked Carney Lansford as the 39th best 3rd baseman all-time but heavily criticized his defense and wrote 'he was a good hitter but he was an awful third baseman.
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Carney Lansford was a hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
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Carney Lansford was relieved of his duties following the 2009 season.
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In 2015, Carney Lansford was a Batting Coach for the Lamigo Monkeys of the CPBL.
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Carney Lansford had a cameo role as Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey, the Chicago White Sox batter that Mel Clark retires for the final out in the Angels' pennant-winning game in the 1994 remake of Angels in the Outfield.
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Carney Lansford's son, Jared, was drafted by Oakland in the second round of the 2005 amateur draft.
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Carney Lansford's other son, Josh, was a third baseman in the Chicago Cubs minor league system.
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Carney Lansford played for the Briarwood Little League team, from Santa Clara, California, which made it to the finals of the 1969 Little League World Series.
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Carney Lansford is one of fewer than a dozen men who have played in both the Little League World Series and the MLB World Series.
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In 2019, Carney Lansford created a personal web page where he announced he would be starting a web page dedicated to recapping and commenting on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
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However, as of 2020, the web page has been deactivated and Carney Lansford never offered any additional public commentary on the show.
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Carney Lansford went to Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, California.
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