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Phillip Alan Plantier (born January 27, 1969 in Manchester, New Hampshire) is a former Major League Baseball player who played in the major leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1990-1997. Plantier is most often remembered for his rookie season performance.

Plantier was an 11th round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox in the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft. He developed a knack for hitting home runs in the minor leagues and skipped the Double-A level altogether. Plantier entered the major leagues 1991 after a midseason callup from the Pawtucket Red Sox. In 53 games and 148 at-bats, he hit 11 home runs and 35 RBI while hitting .331. This worked out to a home run hit in roughly every 13 at-bats. As a result, Plantier finished 8th in Rookie of the Year voting.

Plantier was unable to repeat his rookie performance in 1992, and was traded to the San Diego Padres the following season. He enjoyed his best full season in 1993 wherein he hit 34 home runs with 100 RBI, both career highs.

In 2008, he was the hitting coach for the Double-A West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx in the Seattle Mariners organization. On January 13, 2009, he was named the manager of the Diamond Jaxx.

I usually don’t like to take a full article and quote it but there really isn’t much out there on Phil Plantier, and this article on Wikipedia had it all in one spot. While he isn’t the only player to ever have a nice rookie season and not be able to follow up the next season or so, he did have his best season in 1993, but that was it.

Phil Plantier

According to Wikipedia, Plantier holds the MLB record for most career home runs by a player born in New Hampshire. That’s a lot of pressure from fans into sports betting in The Granite State!