Alon Leichman

Seattle Mariners

Pitcher/coach

Born: May 29, 1989 (age 28)
Kibbutz Gezer, Israel

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Alon Leichman (born May 29, 1989) is an Israeli baseball pitcher and coach. He currently coaches for Team Israel and serves as Coordinator of Organizational Learning for the Seattle Mariners' player development program.

Prior to that Leichman served as the pitching coach for the YD Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League and pitched for UC San Diego Tritons and Cypress College leading them to the 2013 CCCAA state title under head coach Scott Pickler. He coached Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic in March 2017, in South Korea and Japan.

Leichman was born in Kibbutz Gezer, Israel, about halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. His parents David Leichman and Marilyn Gold, moved to Israel from Michigan in the 1970s. Leichman has two siblings, Eliora and Arishai. Lechiman graduated from Givat Brenner Regional School in 2007. Following high school, Leichman served three years with the Israel Defense Forces.

During the off-season Leichman competes for the Israeli national baseball team in international tournaments.

Leichman competed for Israel during the qualifying round of the 2010 European Baseball Championship, in 2008. During the opening game, against Bulgaria, Leichman started at shortstop and batted 8th, going 0-for-2 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored, before becoming a relief pitcher giving up 1 run on 1 hit in his 1 inning. During the second game, against Croatia, Leichman was the starting pitcher and went 8 innings, giving up 6 hits and 2 earned runs, while walking 5 and striking out 9, before switching to shortstop in the 9th and batted 1-for-4 while striking out 3 times. During the third game, Leichman started at shortstop against Serbia, going 0-for-2 with 2 walks and scoring 2 runs. During the fourth and final game, against Lithuania, Leichman once again played shortstop and batted 5th, going 0-for-4 finishing the qualifier with a .083 batting average.

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