Craig Reynolds (baseball)

Gordon Craig Reynolds (born December 27, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who was an inaugural member of the Seattle Mariners.

[1] Reynolds batted a solid .318 in his first professional season with the Gulf Coast League Pirates, but with no power, and he committed 25 errors on the field.

His game improved substantially in all areas by 1974, when he batted .299 with six home runs and logged a .957 fielding percentage while splitting the season at Double-A & Triple-A.

The Seattle Mariners selected Grant Jackson from the New York Yankees with their eleventh pick in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft.

[5] After Garry Templeton declined his invitation to the 1979 All-Star Game, National League manager Tommy Lasorda added Reynolds to his team.