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Edward Kenneth Taubensee
(born October 31, 1968) is an American former
Major League Baseball
catcher
. Taubensee played for three different ballclubs during his career: the
Cleveland Indians
(
1991
,
2001
),
Houston Astros
(
1992
-
1994
), and
Cincinnati Reds
(
1994
-
2000
).
He was originally drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 6th round of the June draft in 1986. The Oakland Athletics selected him in the Rule 5 Draft on December 3, 1990. He was claimed by the Cleveland Indians on April 4, 1991, and made his major league debut on May 18, 1991, with the Indians. He is well known for being traded along with
Willie Blair
from the Indians to the Astros in exchange for outfielder
Kenny Lofton
and infielder
Dave Rhode
on December 10, 1991, a trade that many consider to be one of the most lopsided moves made in the 1990s, as Lofton went on to have an excellent career, while Taubensee played less than three full seasons with the Astros before he was traded to the Reds On April 19, 1994, for
Ross Powell
and
Marty Lister
.
Taubensee had a solid season in 1995 with the Reds, and he had the last postseason hit (an NLCS 8th inning single vs. the Braves) the Reds would have until 2010. Taubensee's best season came in 1999 as a member of Cincinnati Reds, when he surprisingly became one of club's best hitters for a team which was a surprise contender and nearly made the playoffs (ultimately losing an extra regular season game to go to the wildcard game to the
New York Mets
).
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He would be traded back to the Indians on November 16, 2000, for
Jim Brower
and
Robert Pugmire
and would finish his career there playing his last game on October 8, 2001.
In 2017, Taubensee was named the hitting coach of the
Augusta Greenjackets
, a Class A affiliate of the
San Francisco Giants
in the South Atlantic League.
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