Troy O'Leary

Who is Troy O'Leary?

Troy Franklin O'Leary is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos and Chicago Cubs. He batted and threw left-handed.

In an 11-season career, O'Leary posted a .274 batting average with 127 home runs and 591 runs batted in in 1198 games.

A 13th-round pick in 1987, O'Leary enjoyed a great 1992 season at Double-A El Paso, winning the Texas League batting title with a .334 average and stealing 28 bases. O'Leary had batted over .330 twice before. He was promoted to Milwaukee a year later, and after two seasons, he was selected off waivers by the Red Sox.

O'Leary hit his first career home run September 1, 1994 off San Diego Padres reliever Adam Clark.

From 1996-1998, he collected at least 80 RBI in each season, batting .308 in 1995 and a career-high .309 in 1997.

Troy enjoyed the best year of his career statistically in 1999. He led the team with 28 home runs in the regular season, was second on the team to Nomar Garciaparra in RBI, and finished with a .280 batting average. He played in 157 of the 162 regular season games and finished with 596 at bats, leading the team in both categories. Troy also posted 84 runs, 167 hits, 36 doubles, and a .495 slugging percentage.