Ryan Jackson (baseball, born 1971)

Ryan Dewitte Jackson (born November 15, 1971) is an American professional baseball coach and a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder. Born in Orlando, Florida, he graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School (Sarasota, Florida). During his playing career, he threw and batted left-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg).

Ryan Jackson
First baseman / Outfielder
Born: (1971-11-15) November 15, 1971
Orlando, Florida
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
March 31, 1998, for the Florida Marlins
Last MLB appearance
June 18, 2002, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average.239
Home runs7
Runs batted in52
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

Jackson attended Duke University. In 1991, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] Through 2009, he was Duke's all-time season leader in home runs (22), and was second to Nate Freiman in career homers at Duke (42).[2][3]

He was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 7th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his major league debut on March 3, 1998, for the Marlins against the Chicago Cubs. He set career-highs in games played, at-bats, home runs, and RBI that year. On April 9, 1999, he was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners. Released after the 1999 season, he signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and spent the entire year with Triple-A Durham. After the 2000 season, Jackson signed with the Detroit Tigers with whom he played for the next two seasons.

On November 6, 2002, Jackson signed with the Devil Rays and spent the whole year in the minors. In 2004, he played 16 games for the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate, the Richmond Braves.

Coaching career

Jackson began his coaching career at the minor league level in the Cincinnati Reds' organization. In 2007, Jackson became the hitting coach for the Single-A Sarasota Reds, and again served as the hitting coach in 2008.[4] He was named the hitting coach for Double-A Carolina for the 2009 and 2010 seasons,[4] then he assumed the same position for the Triple-A Louisville Bats beginning with the 2011 season, under new manager David Bell.[5] He then served as the Reds' roving minor league hitting coordinator from 2012 through 2016.

In January 2019, he was named field coordinator for the Boston Red Sox' player development system.[6]

References
  1. "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. "Trio of veteran Major Leaguers set to lead Mudcats next year". theherald-nc.com. November 4, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  5. "Former Redbird David Bell to Manage Bats in 2012". TheBatsSignal.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  6. MLB.com, Red Sox Set Minor League, Player Development Staff. (10 January 2019)
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