Byron Gettis

Byron Earl Gettis is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Kansas [City Royals]. Gettis graduated from Cahokia Senior High School in 1998, and was signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent that same year. He had a career batting average of.179 in 39 at-bats. He was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers on October 15,. He spent between Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo, becoming a free agent after the season.
After the end of his baseball career, Gettis enrolled at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2006. He joined the Salukis football team as a tight end, starting four games in 2007.