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* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|19921994}})

A native of [[Chicago]], Biagini attended [[Glenbrook North High School]] in [[Northbrook, Illinois]], then played varsity [[college baseball|baseball]], varsity [[Americancollege football|football]], and [[Collegiate club sports|club]] [[ice hockey]] at [[Iowa State University]]. He was selected in the 12th round inof the [[1973 Major League Baseball draft|1973 MLB draft]] by the [[Montreal Expos]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1973 |title=1973 Baseball Draft |website=[[Baseball Almanac]] |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> and signed with the team in mid-June.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57521281/expos-sign-five/ |title=Expos Sign Five |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |newspaper=[[St. Cloud Times]] |location=[[St. Cloud, Minnesota]] |page=26 |date=June 14, 1973 |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

During his ten10-seasonyear [[professional baseball]] career, 1973–1982, Biagini played seven seasons in the [[farm system]]s of Montreal and the [[Seattle Mariners]], and alsofive seasons in the [[Mexican League]].<ref name=brm/> His longest stint was with the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Québec Carnavals]] during part of 1974 and all of 1975–1977, and he later reached the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] level, playing in the [[Pacific Coast League]] during 1978 and 1979.<ref name=brm/> In his seven seasons with the Montreal and Seattle organizations, he compiled a .257 [[Batting average (baseball)|batting average]] with 51 home runs and 282 [[run batted in|RBI]]s in 594 games.<ref name=brm/> Primarily a [[first baseman]] (246 games), he also made appearances as an [[outfielder]] (152 games), [[third baseman]] (116 games), [[catcher]] (21 games), and one[[second baseman]] (1 game).<ref asname=brm>{{cite aweb |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=biagin001gre |title=Greg Biagini Minor & Mexican Leagues Statistics & History |website=[[second basemanBaseball-Reference.com]]. |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>

Biagini turned his hand to managing in 1983 with the [[Bluefield Orioles]] of the rookie-level [[Appalachian League]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57528207/bluefields-orioles-looking-for-8th/ |title=Bluefield's Orioles looking for 8th title |first=Jimmy |last=Smyth |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=[[Johnson City, Tennessee]] |page=15 |date=June 22, 1983 |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He managed in the minor leagues for 14 seasons (1983–1991; 1995–1999) for Baltimore and the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], compilingincluding eight seasons at the Triple-A level.<ref name=brm/> He compiled a record of 937 wins and 933923 defeatslosses for (a .501504 [[winning percentage]]).<ref name=brm/> Two of his teams won [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]-level championships; the 1990 [[Rochester Red Wings]] of the [[International League]] and the 1996 [[Oklahoma City 89ers]] of the [[American Association (20th century)|American Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tripleabaseball.com/PostSeasonIL.jsp |title=International League Governors' Cup Championship |website=tripleabaseball.com |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tripleabaseball.com/PostSeasonAA.jsp |title= American Association Championships |website=tripleabaseball.com |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>

Biagini died in 2003 at age 51 from [[kidney cancer]] in [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57506133/ex-manager-dies-of-cancer/ |title=Ex-manager dies of cancer |first=Bob |last=Hersom |newspaper=[[The Oklahoman|The Daily Oklahoman]] |location=[[Oklahoma City]] |page=26 |date=October 4, 2003 |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57543268/ex-wings-manager-dies/ |title=Ex-Wings manager dies |newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |location=[[Rochester, New York]] |page=24 |date=October 6, 2003 |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> His son, Tanner, later played two seasons for the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] organization as a [[corner infielder]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57543949/letters-a-message-from-greg-biaginis/ |title=Letters: A message from Greg Biagini's son |newspaper=[[The Oklahoman|The Daily Oklahoman]] |location=[[Oklahoma City]] |page=24 |date=June 14, 2005 |accessdate=August 17, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=biagin001tan |title=Tanner Biagini Minor League Statistics & History |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>

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