Ron Washington
| Ron Washington | |||
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Washington with the Oakland Athletics
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| Atlanta Braves | |||
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Born: April 29, 1952 New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1977, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 7, 1989, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .261 | ||
| Home runs | 20 | ||
| Runs batted in | 146 | ||
| Managerial record | 664–611 | ||
| Winning % | .521 | ||
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Ronald "Ron" Washington (born April 29, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop, and current third base coach for the Atlanta Braves. He is also the former manager of the Texas Rangers whom he took to the World Series in 2010 and 2011. Prior to managing the Rangers, Washington coached in the New York Mets and Oakland Athletics organizations. He is one of only three MLB players, along with U L Washington and Frank White, who were products of the Royals Academy.
Washington was signed by the Kansas City Royals on July 17, 1970. He spent the next ten seasons in the minor leagues with three different organizations (Royals, Mets, and Dodgers). He earned a brief September callup with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977 hitting .368 (7 for 19). He would not return to the major league level until 1981 with the Minnesota Twins where he would remain until 1986. He then played one season each for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros before retiring from Triple-A Oklahoma City in 1990. He was a middle infielder for most of his career. On May 28, 1988, while playing for the Indians, Washington broke up Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Odell Jones' no-hit bid after 8 and 1/3 innings with a pinch-hit single.
Following his retirement as a player, Washington worked in the New York Mets organization for five years. After being hired as the Oakland Athletics first base coach in 1996 under his former Astros manager Art Howe, Washington then served as infield and third base coach for the A's between 1997 and 2006. As infield coach Washington has been credited for developing much of the A's young infield talent in the last decade, including six-time Gold Glover Eric Chavez, and former MVP and A's shortstop Miguel Tejada. In 2004, Chavez expressed his appreciation by giving Washington one of his Gold Glove trophies, signed "Wash, not without you."
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