Mike Redmond | |||
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Redmond with the Minnesota Twins
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Colorado Rockies – No. 11 | |||
Bench coach | |||
Born: Seattle, Washington |
May 5, 1971 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 31, 1998, for the Florida Marlins | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
July 2, 2010, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .287 | ||
Home runs | 13 | ||
Runs batted in | 243 | ||
Managerial record | 155–207 | ||
Winning % | .428 | ||
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Michael Patrick Redmond (born May 5, 1971) is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager. He is currently the Bench Coach for the Colorado Rockies. He played for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Florida Marlins, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians. In 864 career games, Redmond recorded a batting average of .287 and accumulated 13 home runs, and 243 runs batted in (RBI).
Redmond batted and threw right-handed. He made his major league debut on May 31, 1998, and played his final game on July 2, 2010, and was part of the Florida Marlins team that won the 2003 World Series. He was named the manager of the Marlins on November 1, 2012. After two and a half years, Redmond was fired on May 17, 2015.
Michael Patrick Redmond was born on May 5, 1971 in Seattle, five minutes after his fraternal twin brother, Patrick Michael. His father, Pat Sr., was a grocery store buyer.
Redmond grew up in Kirkland, Washington, where he played Little League baseball. His family moved to Spokane, Washington, where Mike and his brother attended Gonzaga Preparatory School, graduating in 1989. Mike, a catcher, and Patrick, a shortstop, both played baseball for the Gonzaga Prep baseball team. In his senior season at Gonzaga Prep, Mike had a .300 batting average with three home runs and 21 runs batted in. He set a single-game record for putouts by a catcher with 15, the single-season record for assists with 114.