Eric Wedge
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Wedge as manager of Indians on April 18, 2008
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| Catcher / Manager | |||
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Born: January 27, 1968 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| October 5, 1991, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 29, 1994, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .233 | ||
| Home runs | 5 | ||
| Runs batted in | 12 | ||
| Games managed | 1,620 | ||
| Win–loss record | 774–846 | ||
| Winning % | .478 | ||
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Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968) is an American professional baseball manager and former catcher, who is currently employed as a player development advisor for the Toronto Blue Jays. As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983. He went on to attend Wichita State University, and played on the Shockers team that won the 1989 College World Series. From 1989–1997 he played in the minor league systems of the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies, and played in 39 major league games with the Red Sox and Rockies between 1991 and 1994. Wedge went on to manage in the Cleveland Indians minor league system from 1998–2002 before being named manager of the Indians for the 2003 season. He led the Indians to a postseason berth in 2007, and won the American League Manager of the Year Award that year. He managed the Indians through the 2009 season. He then managed the Seattle Mariners from 2011 to 2013.
Wedge played catcher and Center for Wichita State University from 1987–1989, leading the school to a 68–16 record and the College World Series championship in 1989. He hit .380 for the Shockers that year, led the NCAA in walks and total bases and finished second in runs, RBI, and home runs. Wedge's performance earned him first-team All-America honors, the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year award and he was runner-up to Ben McDonald for the Rotary Smith Award for College Baseball Player of the Year.
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