Bob Geren
| Bob Geren | |||
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Geren as the bench coach for the New York Mets in 2012
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 8 | |||
| Catcher / Manager | |||
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Born: September 22, 1961 San Diego, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 17, 1988, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 26, 1993, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .233 | ||
| Home runs | 22 | ||
| Runs batted in | 76 | ||
| Games managed | 710 | ||
| Win–loss record | 334–376 | ||
| Winning % | .470 | ||
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Robert Peter Geren (born September 22, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager. During a 5-year playing career, he played for the New York Yankees (1988–1991) and the San Diego Padres (1993). He managed the Oakland Athletics from 2007 through 2011 and also coached for the New York Mets. He is the current bench coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Geren was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round with the 24th pick of the 1979 draft. After spending ten years in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut for the New York Yankees in 1988, playing with New York through 1991. While with the Yankees, he appeared on the CBS daytime version of Family Feud hosted by Ray Combs with other members of his family late in 1988. He spent the first two seasons backing up Don Slaught. In 1990, he had his statistically best season as the starting Yankees' catcher. In 110 games, he had a .213 batting average with 8 home runs and 31 runs batted in. On July 1 of that year, he was the catcher when Andy Hawkins no-hit the Chicago White Sox but lost 4–0, the White Sox scoring all four runs in the runs in the eighth courtesy of three Yankee errors. (With the change of the definition of a no-hitter the following year, this no-hitter would be taken off the record books.)
After spending 1992 in the minors with the Pawtucket Red Sox, he played his final season of baseball in 1993 with the San Diego Padres, the team that originally drafted him.
Geren was hired by then Boston Red Sox director of player development Bob Schaefer to manage in the Red Sox minor league system. He managed for the Red Sox from 1995 to 1998 at the Rookie and Class A levels before leaving to join the Oakland Athletics' organization. Geren managed the Athletics' Single-A affiliate Modesto A's during the 1999 season.
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