John Gibbons
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Gibbons in 2015
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| Toronto Blue Jays – No. 5 | |||
| Catcher / Manager | |||
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Born: June 8, 1962 Great Falls, Montana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 11, 1984, for the New York Mets | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 4, 1986, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .220 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
| Managerial record | 644–614 | ||
| Winning % | .512 | ||
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John Michael Gibbons (born June 8, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and the current manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New York Mets, in the mid-1980s.
Gibbons was born in Great Falls, Montana and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended Douglas MacArthur High School. The son of United States Air Force colonel William Gibbons, he had his first Little League Baseball at-bat while playing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, where the family lived temporarily.
After being selected by the New York Mets with the 24th overall pick of the 1980 amateur draft, Gibbons had a very brief 18-game major league playing career as a catcher with the Mets in 1984 and 1986. He was projected to be the Mets' catcher of the future but he batted only .220, with one home run and 2 RBIs (but 16 strikeouts) in 50 at-bats. Injuries also took a toll on him so he retired as a player in 1990. Gibbons served as the Mets' bullpen catcher during the 1986 postseason, in which the Mets won the World Series.
Gibbons began his coaching career with the Mets in 1991 as a minor league hitting instructor. In 1994, he joined the Capital City Bombers, the Mets' South Atlantic League franchise, as a coach.
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