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Stan Cliburn

Stan Cliburn
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Cliburn with the Rochester Red Wings
Catcher
Born: (1956-12-19) December 19, 1956 (age 60)
Jackson, Mississippi
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 6, 1980, for the California Angels
Last MLB appearance
September 24, 1980, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average .179
Home runs 2
Hits 10
RBI 6
Teams

Stanley Gene Cliburn (born December 19, 1956, in Jackson, Mississippi) is a retired professional baseball player and the current manager of the New Britain Bees. He was previous the manager of the Rochester Red Wings, the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, from 2006 to 2009. Cliburn has also managed in the Arizona Fall League and at other levels in the minor leagues. He is the twin brother of former Major League pitcher Stu Cliburn, who remains a coach in the Twins' farm system. Cliburn is now in his first year as manager of the New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League, an independent baseball league.

Cliburn played one season in the majors with the California Angels in 1980 during which he appeared in 54 games at catcher, but he would play in over over 948 minor league games during his fourteen-year playing career.

After his playing career ended Cliburn was hired as a manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates' New York-Penn League team, and he spent the next 12 seasons managing in the Pirates system, the Texas Rangers system, and for the Alexandria Aces of the independent Texas-Louisiana League. From 2001 to 2005, Cliburn was the manager of the New Britain Rock Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. His pitching coach at New Britain for those five seasons was his twin brother Stu Cliburn. On October 18, 2005, Stan Cliburn was named as manager of the Rochester Red Wings, the Triple-A affiliate of the Twins. Initially, it was believed that Stu would not be promoted along with Stan; however, both were promoted to Rochester for the 2006 season. In his first season at the helm in Rochester, Cliburn guided the Wings to a 79–64 record and came within one game of winning the Governors' Cup, the championship of the International League.


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