Darnell Coles
| Darnell Coles | |
|---|---|
| Milwaukee Brewers – No. 11 | |
| Third baseman / Outfielder / Coach | |
| Born: June 2, 1962 San Bernardino, California | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 4, 1983, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 22, 1997, for the Colorado Rockies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .245 |
| Home runs | 75 |
| Runs batted in | 368 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
As player
As coach
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Darnell Coles (born June 2, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball player who played primarily as a third baseman and outfielder from 1983 to 1997. He is currently the hitting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Early life
Coles was a four-sport letterman and three time baseball MVP at Eisenhower High School.[1]
Playing career
On June 3, 1980, Coles was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round (sixth pick) of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft. He turned down both a baseball scholarship and a football scholarship to UCLA to sign with the Mariners.
In 1986, he hit a career-high 20 home runs for the Detroit Tigers. He had two three-home run games in his career: in 1987 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and in 1994 with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Coaching career
In 2006, Coles was hired as the roving hitting instructor for the Washington Nationals organization. He was the manager of the Vermont Lake Monsters in 2007, and manager of the Class A Hagerstown Suns in 2008.
On November 19, 2008, he was named the hitting coach for the Nationals Triple-A affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs.[2]
On October 10, 2013, Coles was selected to manage the Milwaukee Brewers Triple-A affiliate, the Nashville Sounds, after previously managing the organization's Double-A Huntsville Stars from 2012 to 2013.[3] However, on November 25, the Detroit Tigers announced the hiring of Coles as assistant hitting coach.[4]
On October 23, 2014, the Milwaukee Brewers announced Coles replaced Johnny Narron as the hitting coach. [5]
References
- ^ 1987 Topps baseball card # 411
- ^ "Coles Named Triple-A Hitting Coach". vermontlakemonsters.com. November 19, 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Watson, Phil (October 10, 2013). "Milwaukee Brewers Tab Darnell Coles to Manage at Triple-A Nashville in 2014". Sports Media 101 Inc. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ "Tigers name Coles assistant hitting coach". MLB.com. November 25, 2013.
- ^ "Brewers bring back Coles to be hitting coach". MLB.com. October 23, 2014.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball hitting coaches
- Seattle Mariners players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Colorado Rockies players
- Milwaukee Brewers coaches
- Baseball players from California
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Chunichi Dragons players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Bellingham Mariners players
- Wausau Timbers players
- Bakersfield Mariners players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Salt Lake City Gulls players
- Calgary Cannons players
- Minor league baseball managers