Jack Maloof is a former minor league baseball player and Major League Hitting Coach for the Kansas City Royals. Maloof was an 8-year player in the minor leagues with a career average of .303, hitting .300 or better five times. In 1979, he played his final season for the Seibu Lions in Japan before becoming a manager in the minors and eventually a hitting coach in the majors. During his playing career, he led his league four times in walks, three times in OBP and once in average. In college, Maloof was a two-sport star, as a wide receiver in football and outfielder in baseball. Maloof hit .335 in 1970 to earn NAIA Honorable Mention while setting a La Verne record with 89 hits. In 1971, he batted .367 and was a NAIA District All-American. In 2003, Jack was inducted into the University of La Verne Athletics Hall of Fame. Maloof's book "Hit Like a Big Leaguer" was published by McGraw-Hill in February 2006 with endorsements from Ozzie Guillen, John Kruk and Roberto Alomar, all of whom he had worked with in the San Diego Padres system. Tony Gwynn, another Maloof disciple, wrote the foreword. [More at Wikipedia]

October 12th, 1948 in Redlands (Age 76)