{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1949)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Greg Pryor |image=Greg Royals 1985.jpg |image_size=240px |caption=Fielding for the Royals in 1985 |position=Infielder |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|10|2}} |birth_place=Marietta, Ohio, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 4 |debutyear=1976 |debutteam=Texas Rangers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 30 |finalyear=1986 |finalteam=Kansas City Royals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.250 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=14 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=146 |teams= * Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1976}}) * Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1981}}) * Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1986}}) |highlights= * World Series champion ({{wsy|1985}}) }} '''Gregory Russell Pryor''' (born October 2, 1949) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder. He played all or part of ten seasons in the majors, in 1976 and 1978–1986. He was 6'0 feet tall and weighed 185 pounds. He batted right and threw right handed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tradingcarddb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/4740/col/Y/yea/0/Greg-Pryor?PageIndex=3|title=Greg Pryor Gallery - The Trading Card Database|website=www.tradingcarddb.com|access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref>
== Major league career == Originally drafted by the Washington Senators, Pryor was picked in the 6th round of the 1971 amateur draft (130th overall) and was the last position player draft pick of the Senators to play in the major leagues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?team_ID=TEX&year_ID=1971&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year|title=1971 Washington Senators Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref> He debuted in the majors with the Senators' later incarnation, the Texas Rangers, in {{baseball year|1976}}. Pryor was a member of the World Series-winning Kansas City Royals in {{baseball year|1985}}.
Greg's father, George, was a fullback at Wake Forest University and played for the Baltimore Colts of the NFL.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tradingcarddb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/4740/col/Y/yea/0/Greg-Pryor?PageIndex=3|title=The Trading Card Database {{!}} Greg Pryor Gallery|website=www.tradingcarddb.com|access-date=2016-10-13}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons-inline}} {{baseballstats|br=p/pryorgr01|brm=pryor-001gre}} *[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=pryorgr01 Greg Pryor] at Baseball Almanac
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