Bo Porter
| Bo Porter | |
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 Porter as third base coach for the Washington Nationals in 2011. |
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| Washington Nationals – No. 16 | |
| Outfielder / Coach | |
| Born: July 5, 1972 Newark, New Jersey |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| May 9, 1999 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 7, 2001 for the Texas Rangers | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .214 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 8 |
| Teams | |
Marquis Donnell "Bo" Porter (born July 5, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and bench coach. He is currently the third base coach for the Washington Nationals.
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[edit] Playing career
Porter was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 40th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft out of the University of Iowa.
In 1999, Porter made his major league debut with the Cubs. Following the season, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the Rule 5 draft. After the 2000 season, he was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers. He was granted free agency following the 2001 season, and he played the remainder of his career in the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies minor league systems.
[edit] Post-playing career
Porter served as the hitting coach for the Class A Greensboro Grasshoppers in 2005 and manager of the Class A-Advanced Jamestown Jammers in 2006. After that, he served as Florida Marlins' third base coach and outfield and baserunning instructor from 2007 to 2009.[1]
Porter became the Diamondbacks third base coach in 2010,[2] after he declined the Marlins' offer to remain with the organization.[3] Following the dismissal of manager A. J. Hinch and promotion of bench coach Kirk Gibson to interim manager in July 2010, Porter was promoted to bench coach.[1]
The Marlins interviewed Porter for their managing job in mid-2010, after they fired Fredi González.[4] Porter was fired by the Diamondbacks following the 2010 season.[5]
Porter was hired by the Washington Nationals on November 2, 2010 as their new third base coach taking over for Pat Listach. [6]
Porter was a finalist for the Florida Marlins & Pittsburgh Pirates Managerial positions after the 2010 season. The Marlins position eventually went to Florida's interim manager Edwin Rodriguez. While Porter accepted his position with the Nats before the Pirates finished their interview process.[7]
[edit] Personal
Porter currently lives in Houston, Texas, and founded and runs the Texas Hawkeyes select baseball team program.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Arizona Diamondbacks name Bo Porter bench coach". Azcentral.com. 2010-04-05. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/2010/07/03/20100703arizona-diamondbacks-name-bo-porter-bench-coach.html. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ "Diamondbacks add Williams, Porter as coaches". NevadaAppeal.com. 2009-11-12. http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20091112/SPORTS/911119998/1017/NONE&parentprofile=1059. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ "Florida Marlins: More coaching staff vacancies – Florida Marlins – Sun-Sentinel". Blogs.sun-sentinel.com. 2009-10-09. http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_baseball_marlins/2009/10/florida-marlins-more-coaching-staff-vacancies.html. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ Adam Berry. "Porter talks to Marlins about manager job | dbacks.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100625&content_id=11577808¬ebook_id=11577810&vkey=notebook_ari&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ http://taoofsteve.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/10/gibson_signs_2-year_deal_staff.html
- ^ http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101102&content_id=15966040&vkey=news_was&c_id=was
- ^ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/11/02/bo-porter-joins-nats-coaching-staff-out-of-running-in-pittsburg/
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- Manager and Coaches | floridamarlins.com: Team
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Chicago Cubs players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Texas Rangers players
- Peoria Chiefs players
- Daytona Cubs players
- Rockford Cubbies players
- Orlando Rays players
- Iowa Cubs players
- West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Oklahoma RedHawks players
- Richmond Braves players
- Greenville Braves players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Iowa Hawkeyes baseball players
- African American baseball players
- Arizona Diamondbacks coaches
- Florida Marlins coaches
- Major League Baseball third base coaches
- Major League Baseball bench coaches
