27 Facts About Ron Washington

Ronald Louis Washington was born on April 29,1952 and is an American former professional baseball shortstop.

Ron Washington played Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros.

Ron Washington is the former manager of the Texas Rangers, whom he took to the World Series in 2010 and 2011.

Ron Washington is one of only three MLB players, along with U L Washington and Frank White, who were products of the Royals Academy.

Ron Washington was signed by the Kansas City Royals on July 17,1970.

Related searches

Ron Washington spent the next ten seasons in the minor leagues with three different organizations.

Ron Washington played various seasons in the Mexican Pacific League during the winters throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Ron Washington earned a brief September callup with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977 hitting.

Ron Washington then played one season each for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros before retiring from Triple-A Oklahoma City in 1990.

Ron Washington was a middle infielder for most of his career.

On May 28,1988, while playing for the Indians, Ron Washington broke up Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Odell Jones' no-hit bid after.

Ron Washington is portrayed in the book Moneyball that relates how the A's competed having a small budget.

Ron Washington is shown in a positive light for the way he trained Scott Hatteberg to field first base for the first time in his career, but as too old-fashioned and traditional in his lack of acceptance of general manager Billy Beane's sabermetric strategies.

On November 6,2006, the Texas Rangers announced that Ron Washington had accepted their offer to manage the team replacing Buck Showalter, who was fired a month earlier.

Ron Washington beat out four other candidates for the job: Rangers bench coach Don Wakamatsu, then New York Mets third base coach Manny Acta, Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman and former Rangers catcher John Russell.

Ron Washington feels like he's going to only get one pitch in that type of situation to do something with.

On March 17,2010, Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated reported that Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season and has acknowledged using cocaine.

In 2010, Ron Washington became the second manager of the Rangers franchise to take his team to the postseason.

On October 22,2010, Ron Washington's Rangers defeated the New York Yankees in the ALCS in six games, to advance to their first World Series in franchise history, before losing to the San Francisco Giants in five games.

Ron Washington became the third African American to manage a team into a World Series, joining Cito Gaston, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays to the World Championship in the 1992 and 1993 World Series, and Dusty Baker, who managed the Giants in the 2002 World Series.

On October 15,2011, Ron Washington managed the Rangers to their second World Series in as many years, when the Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS.

On September 2,2012, Ron Washington earned his 507th win as a manager of the Texas Rangers, passing Johnny Oates for the second-most wins by a Rangers manager.

On September 5,2014, Ron Washington announced his resignation as manager of the Rangers, citing personal reasons.

On September 18,2014, Ron Washington announced that he had been having an extramarital affair, and that he had resigned to reconcile with his family.

Ron Washington was hired as an infield coach by the Oakland Athletics on May 21,2015.

Related searches

In October 2016, it was learned that Ron Washington was a finalist for the Atlanta Braves managerial vacancy.

Ron Washington won his first World Series championship on November 2,2021, as third-base coach for the Atlanta Braves.