{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | image = Jim Eppard (7458363686) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 175 | name = Jim Eppard | team = | number = | caption = Eppard with the Angels in 2012 | position = Outfielder | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|4|27}} | birth_place = South Bend, Indiana, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = September 8 | debutyear = 1987 | debutteam = California Angels | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = October 1 | finalyear = 1990 | finalteam = Toronto Blue Jays | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .281 | stat2label = Home runs | stat2value = 0 | stat3label = Runs batted in | stat3value = 16 | teams = *California Angels ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1989}}) *Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1990}}) }} '''James Gerhard Eppard''' (born April 27, 1960) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman.
==Career== Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1982 MLB amateur draft, Eppard made his Major League debut with the California Angels on September 8, 1987, and appeared in his final game on October 1, 1990.
Eppard became the Angels hitting coach in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/19057414/angels-fire-hitting-coach-mickey-hatcher |title=Angels fire hitting coach Mickey Hatcher - MLB - CBSSports.com News, Rumors, Scores, Stats, Fantasy Advice |website=www.cbssports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019143535/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/19057414/angels-fire-hitting-coach-mickey-hatcher |archive-date=2013-10-19}} </ref> On October 8, 2013, he was fired by the Angels.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Baseball}} {{baseballstats|br=e/epparji01|brm=eppard001jam}}
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