Todd Steverson | |||
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Steverson as a coach for the Chicago White Sox in 2016
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Chicago White Sox – No. 31 | |||
Outfielder/Hitting Coach | |||
Born: Los Angeles, California |
November 15, 1971 |||
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MLB debut | |||
April 28, 1995, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
April 3, 1996, for the San Diego Padres | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .256 | ||
Home runs | 2 | ||
Runs batted in | 6 | ||
Teams | |||
Todd Anthony Steverson (born November 15, 1971) is an American professional baseball coach and a former left and right fielder in Major League Baseball. Steverson is the 2015 batting coach of the Chicago White Sox and the former first base coach of the Oakland Athletics. During his active career, he played for the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres. Steverson threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 194 pounds (88 kg).
Steverson was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Culver City High School. The cousin of Tigers outfielder Ron LeFlore, Steverson attended Arizona State University, where he was part of the famed "Million Dollar Outfield". Originally selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round of the 1989 draft, Steverson opted not to sign. He would have to wait until 1992 to be drafted again; he was drafted 25th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, and this time he did sign. His signing bonus was $450,000.
He spent three years in the Blue Jays' farm system, showing nothing more than mediocre statistics: he was speedy (he had a career high 23 stolen bases in 1992 while with the St. Catharines Blue Jays), but he also struck out a lot (118 times in 413 at bats in 1993 with the Dunedin Blue Jays) and was not an average hitter (.209 batting average in 1992).