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Rob Richie (baseball)
1965–
United States
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Robert Eugene Richie (born September 5, 1965) is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1989. Richie was considered a top prospect, but he shocked the Tigers when he announced after the 1989 season that he was retiring to become a probation officer and to be able to focus more on his faith as a Jehovah’s Witness.
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