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George Hendrick 25 |
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Full Name: George Andrew Hendrick
Title: First Base Coach
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Coaching Career
Was named Rays first base coach on November
21, 2005is among 5 first base
coaches in club history joining Billy Hatcher
(1998-99, 2003-05), Jose Cardenal (2000-
01), Lee May (2001-02) and Dave Martinez,
who filled in for Hendrick the first 3 weeks
of 2007 while he recovered from knee
surgery...Joined the Rays from the Dodgers where he
was their minor league hitting coordinator
served as the Dodgers Triple-A hitting coach
at Las Vegas for two seasons (2003-04)...Was an interim hitting coach for the major
league Dodgers during the final two months
of the 2003 season after Jack Clark was dismissed...Was the Padres minor league hitting instructor
in 2000 and 2001 and managed their Class-A
Lake Elsinore Club in 2002guided the Storm
to a 75-65 record and a berth in the California
League Championship Series...Served as first base coach for the Angels in
1998 and 1999 under former Rays coach Terry
Collins and alongside Angels bench coach
Joe Maddon...Was the major league hitting coach for the
Cardinals for two seasons (1996-97)began
his coaching career as the Cardinals minor
league roving hitting/outfield instructor for
three seasons (1993-95).
Playing Career
An outfielder/first baseman, he played 18 major
league seasons with Oakland (1971-72),
Cleveland (1973-76), San Diego (1977-78), St.
Louis (1978-84), Pittsburgh (1985), and California
(1985-88)...A four-time All-Star (1974-75, 80, 83), he
earned World Series rings with Oakland in
1972 and St. Louis in 1982 and was a member
of the Angels 1986 division-winning team...He batted .321 (9-28) with 5 RBI in the 1982
World Series...In 1980 while with St. Louis he drove in a career-
high 109 runs, 2nd in the National League
and added a career-high 25 home runs...Finished 4th in the AL in batting in 1983 with
a career-best .318 average and was 6th in the
league in RBI with 97...Led the majors with 20 outfield assists for the
Cardinals in 1979...Between 1973-83 he hit 228 home runs, 12th
most in the majors during that span...Led the Indians in home runs in 1976 and the
Cardinals each year from 1980-83hit 25 of
the of the Indians 85 home runs in 1976; 18 of
the Cards 50 home runs in 1981; and 19 of the
Cards 67 in 1982...In 1968 Oakland made him the first player selected
in the January phase of the draft despite
the fact that he didnt play high school sports
at Fremont High School in Los Angeles.
Personal & Misc.
Has two children: Brian (37) and Damon
(33)Brian played college basketball at the
University of California-Berkeley and played
professionally in Europe.
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