Jack Maloof

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rdf:langString Jack Maloof (born October 12, 1948) is a former minor league baseball player and hitting coach for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. Maloof was an eight-year player in the minor leagues with a career batting average of .303, hitting .300 or better five times. In 1979, he played his final season for the Seibu Lions in Japan before becoming a manager in the minors and eventually a hitting coach in the majors. During his playing career, he led his league four times in walks, three times in on-base percentage (OBP), and once in batting average. In college, Maloof was a two-sport star, as a wide receiver in football and outfielder in baseball. Maloof hit .335 in 1970 to earn NAIA Honorable Mention while setting a La Verne record with 89 hits. In 1971, he batted .367 and was a NAIA District All-American. In 2003, Maloof was inducted into the University of La Verne Athletics Hall of Fame. Maloof's book Hit Like a Big Leaguer was published by McGraw-Hill in February 2006 with endorsements from Ozzie Guillén, John Kruk and Roberto Alomar, all of whom he had worked with in the San Diego Padres system. Tony Gwynn, another Maloof disciple, wrote the foreword.

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