Ron Washington
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Ronald Washington (born April 29, 1952) is an American professional baseball shortstop.
He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros in Major League Baseball (MLB). Washington is now the third base coach for the Atlanta Braves.
He is also the former coach of the Texas Rangers, who won the World Series in 2010 and 2011.
Washington spent time in the New York Mets and Oakland Athletics departments before leading the Rangers.
He was one of only three MLB players, along with U L Washington and Frank White, who were both Royals Academy alumni.
Playing career
The Kansas City Royals drafted Washington on July 17, 1970. He spent the next ten seasons with three different clubs (Royals, Mets, and Dodgers). He appeared in various seasons in the Mexican Pacific League during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1977, he received a brief call up with the Los Angeles Dodgers in September, winning.368 (7 for 19). He did not return to the major leagues until 1981 with the Minnesota Twins, where he would remain until 1986. He spent one season with the Baltimore Oriolics, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros before retiring in 1990 from Triple-A Oklahoma City. For the most part of his career, he was a middle infielder. Washington broke up Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Odell Jones' no-hit bid after 8+13 innings with a pinch-hit single on May 28, 1988 while playing for the Indians.
Coaching career
Washington was employed in the New York Mets organization for five years following his retirement as a player. After being hired as the Oakland Athletics first base coach in 1996 under former Astros boss Art Howe, Washington, then served as infield and third base coach for the A's from 1997 to 2006. Infield coach Washington has been praised for assisting with the recruiting of much of the A's youth in the last decade, including six-time Gold Glover Eric Chavez, and former A's shortstop Miguel Tejada. Chavez expressed his admiration by giving Washington one of his Gold Glove trophies in 2004, saying, "Wash, not without you." However, the trophy was lost during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
In the book Moneyball, Washington is depicted as how the A's competed with a modest budget. Washington is portrayed in a positive light for the way he trained Scott Hatteberg to field first base for the first time in his career, but also as too old-fashioned and traditional in his inability to accept general manager Billy Beane's sabermetric policies. Brent Jennings played his character in the book's film version.
The Texas Rangers reported on November 6, 2006, that Washington had accepted their bid to control the team after losing Buck Showalter, who had been fired a month before. Don Wakamatsu, the Rangers bench coach, was defeated by four other candidates for the position, followed by New York Mets third base coach Manny Acta, Nippon Ham Fighters general manager John Russell.
It was rumored that there was a rift between Washington and Rangers star Mark Teixeira at the start of the 2007 season.Asked about it, Washington responded,
Teixeira was signed to the Atlanta Braves in July 2007 and had been rumored to have been on the trading block prior to rumors of tensions with Washington, as his handler, Scott Boras, had declined to negotiate a contract extension beyond the 2008 season. Gerald Laird, a Washington catcher, has also revealed tensions. When asked about the rumors, Washington admitted that the pressure on Laird was "a lot to put on a young child." (But) we've got. He has to grow up fast."
Washington tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season, according to Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman, who has admitted to using cocaine.
Washington became the second manager of the Rangers franchise in 2010 (after Johnny Oates) to watch his team play in the playoffs. With a 3–2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS on October 12, 2010, Washington became the first manager in franchise history to win a playoff series. The Rangers won their first World Series in franchise history on October 22, 2010 over the San Francisco Giants in five games. Cito Gaston, who coached the Toronto Blue Jays to the World Championship in 1992 and 1993, and Dusty Baker, who supervised the Giants in the 2002 World Series, made him the third African American to lead a team in a World Series.
"I just love the way he never holds his emotions back," second baseman Ian Kinsler said, particularly when he's leading." He hangs on every pitch, and it's wonderful to know that your boss is involved in every single pitch and cares so much." His pay in 2009 was around $750,000. Washington decided to a two-year contract extension on November 4, 2010.
When the Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS on October 15, 2011, Washington guided the Rangers to their second World Series in as many years. After being one strike away from the championship in game 6, the Rangers lost in 7 games to the St. Louis Cardinals. Washington also agreed to another two-year contract extension on January 30, 2012. He led the Rangers to a five-game lead in the AL West championship over the Oakland Athletics on September 24, but the team lost seven of the last nine games, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 5–1.
Washington won his 507th game as a Texas Rangers boss on September 2, 2012, beating Johnny Oates for the second straight Rangers manager's second-most victories. On August 4, 2013, Washington defeated Bobby Valentine for the most victories as a Rangers boss, 582.
In the 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series, Washington traveled to Japan to manage a team of MLB All-Stars competing against the All-Stars of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Washington resigned as the Rangers' manager on September 5, 2014, citing personal reasons. Several media outlets announced Ron Washington's resignation on September 11, 2014. It was related to allegations of sexual assault against a journalist. On September 18, 2014, Washington revealed that he had been having an extramarital affair and that he had resigned to reconcile with his family. With the Rangers, Washington's managerial record was 664–611 (.521), with four consecutive 90-win seasons (2010-2013), as well as two pennants. However, his 2014 team was only 53-87 (.379). The Oakland Athletics signed Washington as an infield coach on May 21, 2015. On August 24, 2015, he became A's third base coach.
In October 2016, it was announced that Washington had been a finalist for the Atlanta Braves managerial opening. The Braves decided to fire interim manager Brian Snitker rather than promote interim manager Brian Snitker, and then announced the addition of Washington as their third base coach, replacing Bo Porter.
As third-base coach for the Atlanta Braves, Washington captured his first World Series championship on November 2, 2021.