Phil Hiatt
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Phillip Farrell Hiatt in Pensacola, Florida
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, is a retired Major League Baseball
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 utility player.

Hiatt played college baseball at Louisiana Tech University
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.

Hiatt played for three different major league ball clubs during his career: the Kansas City Royals
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 (1993–1995), Detroit Tigers
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 (1996), and Los Angeles Dodgers
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 (2001). He made his Major League Baseball
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 debut on April 7, 1993, and played his final game on October 7, 2001. He played in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers
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 in 1997.

Hiatt last appeared with a Major League team as non-roster invitee of the Washington Nationals
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 during spring training
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 prior to the 2005 season. He was not added to the big league roster.

He was named in the Mitchell Report
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 on Steroid Abuse in Baseball on December 13, 2007.

Hiatt played over 1400 minor league games in his career and hit over 300 home runs in the minor leagues.

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