1. Benjamin P Cherington was born on July 14,1974 and is an American baseball executive serving as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball since November 2019.
16 Facts About Ben Cherington
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Ben Cherington previously served as the vice-president of baseball operations for the Toronto Blue Jays, and was the executive vice president and general manager of the Boston Red Sox from 2011 to 2015.
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Ben Cherington succeeded Theo Epstein in that position, having worked in the team's baseball operations office since 1999, before Epstein's arrival.
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Ben Cherington graduated from Lebanon High School, where he was a pitcher on the varsity baseball team and played varsity ice hockey for Coach Richard Bolduc.
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Ben Cherington matriculated at Amherst College, where he was a member of the Gamma chapter of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and has a master's degree in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Ben Cherington was originally hired by the Red Sox in 1999 by Dan Duquette, an Amherst College alumnus who was then the club's general manager, after Cherington spent the previous season as an advance scout for the Cleveland Indians.
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Ben Cherington served Boston as an area scout, baseball operations assistant, coordinator of international scouting, and assistant director of player development from 1999 to 2005.
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Ben Cherington then set out to rebuild the team for 2013.
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Ben Cherington then turned in his resignation, declining the club's request that he remain as the team's general manager.
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However, Ben Cherington left behind a group of young players as a potential core of their 2016 team.
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Much of this core that Ben Cherington acquired contributed heavily to the Red Sox's 2018 championship.
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Five weeks later, Mike Hazen, one of Ben Cherington's assistants, was named his successor.
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On September 14,2016, Ben Cherington was hired by the Toronto Blue Jays to be their vice-president of baseball operations.
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On November 18,2019, Ben Cherington was officially announced as the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager.
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Ben Cherington was named Major League Baseball Executive of the Year for 2013 by The Sporting News for his efforts.
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Ben Cherington was previously married to ESPN reporter Wendi Nix, whom he shares two daughters with.