Jerry Narron
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| Catcher, Manager, Coach | |||
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Born: January 15, 1956 Goldsboro, North Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 13, 1979, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 2, 1987, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .211 | ||
| Hits | 177 | ||
| Home runs | 21 | ||
| Games managed | 632 | ||
| Win–loss record | 291-341 | ||
| Winning % | .460 | ||
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Jerry Austin Narron (born January 15, 1956) is a former American Major League Baseball catcher and manager. During an 8-year playing career, he played from 1979 to 1987 for three teams. During a 7-year managing career, he managed from 2001 to 2007 for the Texas Rangers and the Cincinnati Reds. He went to college at East Carolina University.
Narron was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Through his childhood he played baseball at the Wayne County Boys Club, and played football and baseball at Goldsboro High School where he graduated in 1974.
Narron was drafted out of high school in the sixth round by the New York Yankees in the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft and played alongside brother Johnny in Johnson City, Tennessee, during his first professional season. Narron played for the Yankees as the backup catcher to Thurman Munson, who died in a plane crash in August, 1979. Narron was then traded to the Seattle Mariners, and also played for the California Angels before retiring as a player in 1989. He was the Yankees' starting catcher the day after Munson's death, and remained in the dugout during the pregame ceremonies, leaving the catcher's position empty, out of respect for Munson.
Narron was a manager in the Baltimore Orioles farm system from 1989 through 1992, when he was hired as a coach for the Orioles by skipper Johnny Oates. After two seasons in Baltimore, he moved with Oates to the Texas Rangers. Narron was third-base coach for the Rangers from 1995 until he was named interim manager May 4, 2001 after the firing of manager Johnny Oates. He had the interim tag removed and coached the team during the 2002 campaign. He was replaced in Texas by Buck Showalter in December 2002. Narron then served as bench coach for the Boston Red Sox during their 2003 run to the ALCS and performed the same role for Cincinnati in 2004–05.
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