John Thomas Harris is a former Major League Baseball

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 player. His first MLB appearance was with the California Angels

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 on September 26, 1979.

Harris was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended Lubbock Christian University

Lubbock Christian University

Lubbock Christian University is a private Christian university associated with the Churches of Christ located in Lubbock, Texas, in the United States. It was established in 1957. A fall 2011 count showed 2,038 students enrolled at Lubbock Christian University, of which 422 are graduate students...

. He was chosen in the 29th round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft. He played in the major leagues from 1979 until October 1981 — all with the California Angels.

He was the hitting coach of the Sioux Falls Canaries

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 of the American Association in 2009 and alternated between the Shreveport-Bossier Captains in the American Association and the Amarillo Dillas

Amarillo Dillas

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 of the United League

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 in 2010 as the hitting coach.

In 2011, Harris was hired as the field manager of the Amarillo Sox

Amarillo Sox

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of the American Association.