18 Facts About Rich Gedman

Richard Leo Gedman was born on September 26,1959 and is an American professional baseball coach and former catcher.

Rich Gedman played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, and St Louis Cardinals.

Rich Gedman currently serves as hitting coach with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox of the International League.

Rich Gedman went undrafted in the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft, and was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.

Rich Gedman was sent to the Instructional League to learn to play catcher, and progressed steadily up through the Red Sox minor leagues system.

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Rich Gedman made his debut for the Sox at the age of 20 in September 1980, pinch-hitting for Carl Yastrzemski.

Rich Gedman shared catching duties with Gary Allenson, and played well enough to be named The Sporting News Rookie of the Year.

Rich Gedman was selected to the All-Star Game that year, to go with his appearance in the 1985 game.

On November 3,1986, while practicing for a seven-game series between Major League and Japanese All-Stars, Rich Gedman was struck by a warmup pitch from Detroit Tigers pitcher Willie Hernandez, resulting in a fractured cheekbone.

Rich Gedman was not re-signed by the Astros, and in 1991 he signed with the Cardinals to back up Tom Pagnozzi.

Rich Gedman holds the rare status of making the American League All Star Team twice as a catcher in the 1980s, joining such legendary players as Lance Parrish, Carlton Fisk, Ted Simmons, and Terry Steinbach as the only players to accomplish this.

In 2002, Rich Gedman became a coach with the North Shore Spirit, a team in the independent Northeast League.

Rich Gedman then managed the Worcester Tornadoes, in the Can-Am League, from 2005 through 2010.

On January 10,2011, Rich Gedman returned to organized baseball when he was named hitting coach for the Lowell Spinners, the Red Sox' Short Season-A affiliate in the New York–Penn League, returning to the Boston organization after a two-decade absence.

In 2012, Rich Gedman was promoted to Class A Salem, and switched to Double A Portland Sea Dogs in 2013.

Rich Gedman met his future-wife Sherry Aselton in 1977, when both attended St Peter-Marian High School in Worcester.

Marissa Rich Gedman attended Noble and Greenough School where she participated in field hockey, ice hockey, and softball.

Rich Gedman went on to attend Harvard University starting in 2010, and played for the women's ice hockey team, accumulating 75 points with the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program.