John Michael Gibbons was born on June 8,1962 and is an American former professional baseball player and former manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.
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20 Facts About John Gibbons
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John Gibbons was born in Great Falls, Montana, and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended Douglas MacArthur High School.
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The son of United States Air Force colonel William John Gibbons, he had his first Little League Baseball at-bat while playing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, where the family lived temporarily.
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John Gibbons was selected by the New York Mets with the 24th overall pick of the 1980 amateur draft.
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John Gibbons spent the next three years moving up through the Mets minor-league system.
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John Gibbons eventually started six games at catcher in April 1984, but batted only.
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John Gibbons served as the Mets' bullpen catcher during the 1986 postseason, and earned a World Series ring when the Mets won the World Series.
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John Gibbons began his coaching career with the Mets in 1990 as a minor league roving catching instructor.
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John Gibbons began his minor-league managing career in the Mets' organization with the Kingsport Mets, guiding them to the Appalachian League championship in 1995.
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John Gibbons followed that by guiding the St Lucie Mets to the Florida State League title the next season.
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John Gibbons led the Tides to the International League playoffs in 2001.
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Ricciardi in 2002, as a bullpen catcher, John Gibbons worked his way up to first base coach in June 2002.
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John Gibbons was later given a two-year contract extension just a week into the 2005 season.
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On October 10,2008, John Gibbons was hired as the bench coach by the Kansas City Royals, replacing Dave Owen, who became the third base coach.
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John Gibbons was hired at the end of the 2011 season to manage the San Diego Padres' Double-A affiliate, the San Antonio Missions.
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On November 20,2012, it was announced that John Gibbons was re-hired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays on a two–year rolling contract.
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John Gibbons was named to the 2013 American League All-Star coaching staff by Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland.
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John Gibbons returned to the field later in the game during a bench-clearing incident, and was suspended for one game.
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On September 11, John Gibbons was ejected for the eighth time in the 2016 season, tying the team's single-season record set by Bobby Cox; he led the major leagues in 2016.
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