Keith Anthony Phillips was an American professional baseball utility player who had an 18-year Major League Baseball career from 1982 to 1999.
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18 Facts About Tony Phillips
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Tony Phillips played regularly at second base, but had significant time as a shortstop and third baseman.
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Tony Phillips played baseball and other sports for the Roswell High School Hornets in Roswell, Georgia.
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Tony Phillips played basketball in a brief year at New Mexico Military Institute.
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Tony Phillips is the uncle of professional football player Jermaine Phillips.
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On March 27,1981, Tony Phillips was traded from the Padres along with 3B Kevin Bell and P Eric Mustad to the Athletics for P Bob Lacey and P Roy Meretti.
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Tony Phillips became the first member of the Oakland Athletics to hit for the cycle going 5-for-5 against the Orioles on May 16,1986.
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Tony Phillips tied the American League records for most assists in a game on July 6,1986, against the Brewers.
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Tony Phillips made the last out of the 1989 World Series when he fielded a ground ball off the bat of Brett Butler and then threw to Dennis Eckersley covering first base to clinch the series.
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Tony Phillips set a career-best mark that year with 27 homers, but drove in just 61 runs due to batting lead-off, and walked 113 times.
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Tony Phillips returned to the Angels via a trade with Chad Kreuter for Jorge Fabregas and Chuck McElroy partway through the 1997 season and drew 102 walks, his third year in a row and fifth year out of six with over 100.
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Tony Phillips played third base for the Yuma Scorpions of the independent North American League until the team folded in 2012.
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Tony Phillips punched Marshall in the face during the incident, causing the latter to press battery charges against the infielder.
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Tony Phillips had been found by police in a hotel room with $30 worth of cocaine and a pipe used to smoke it.
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Tony Phillips pleaded guilty to one count of felony cocaine possession, with the charge subject to dismissal if he completed drug counseling and then stayed drug-free for a year.
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Tony Phillips died in Arizona of an apparent heart attack on February 17,2016.
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