Gary Thurman

Biography

Gary Montez Thurman (born November 12, 1964) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played for nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, and New York Mets. He later coached several MLB teams. The Royals selected Thurman in the first round with the 21st pick of the 1983 MLB draft out of North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He played his first professional season with their rookie-league Gulf Coast Royals in 1983 and his last with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's Triple-A affiliate, the Vancouver Canadians, in 1998. In the minors, he led his league in stolen bases in 1985 and 1987. Thurman reached MLB with Kansas City in August 1987. Also serving as a pinch runner, he had a career-high 16 stolen bases in 1989 and was not caught once, for the best stolen bases percentage in the majors that season.

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