Russ Morman

Russ Morman
Russ Morman
	First baseman
	Born: April 28, 1962; Independence, Missouri
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 3, 1986, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
	September 27, 1997, for the Florida Marlins
MLB statistics
Batting average	.249
Home runs	10
Runs batted in	43
Teams
	Chicago White Sox (1986, 1988–1989); Kansas City Royals (1990–1991); Florida Marlins (1994–1997);

Russell Lee Morman (born April 28, 1962 in Independence, Missouri) is an American professional baseball coach and manager. During his active career, he played first base and the outfield in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1997. He played for the Florida Marlins, Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals.

Playing career

Morman's name on the Comiskey Park scoreboard

After his playing career ended, Morman managed in the Marlin and Boston Red Sox farm systems and served as a hitting coach for the Portland Sea Dogs and Pawtucket Red Sox through the 2009 season.

He was the hitting coach of the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Eastern League and Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, in 2010. In 2011, he became the hitting coach for the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League, then the Giants' Triple-A affiliate.

In 2014 the Giants announced that Morman would return to managing and Richmond as the skipper of the Flying Squirrels[2] and they assigned him to the Class A San Jose Giants of the California League for 2015.[3]

His career minor-league managerial record is 290–265 (.523) over four seasons.[4]

In 2005, Russ was inducted into the Kansas City Sports Commission Hall of Fame.

Preceded by Dave Machemer	Richmond Flying Squirrels manager 2014	Succeeded by Jose Alguacil

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