A full-blooded Lumbee from North Carolina, the lefthanded Locklear had 150 pinch-hit at-bats in 292 ML appearances. Locklear had a .321 batting average for the Padres in 1975, his only 100-game season. After a .240 season for the Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan in 1978, he retired to pursue a career as an artist. (MC)
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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»August 5, 1973: Braves knuckleballer Phil Niekro no-hits the Padres 9–0 and improves his record to 11-4. He walks three and strikes out four in recording the 1st no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta. Ralph Garr has three hits, three runs, and a steal, and Paul Casanova records an inside-the-park homer on a long fly ball missed by LF Gene Locklear.
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