Brad Ausmus

Brad Ausmus
Ausmus with the Los Angeles Angels in 2019
New York Yankees – No. 68
Catcher / Manager / Coach
Born: (1969-04-14) April 14, 1969 (age 55)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 28, 1993, for the San Diego Padres
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 2010, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average.251
Home runs80
Runs batted in607
Managerial record386–422
Winning %.478
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Managerial record at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
As player

As manager

As coach

Career highlights and awards

Bradley David Ausmus (/ˈɔːsməs/; born April 14, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player, manager and current coach. He is the bench coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). In his 18-year MLB playing career, Ausmus played as a catcher for the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also managed the Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, and Israeli national baseball team.

A 1987 draft pick of the Yankees, Ausmus chose to alternate between attending Dartmouth College and playing minor league baseball. Ausmus then had an 18-year major league playing career with the Padres, Tigers, Astros, and Dodgers. During his playing days he was an All Star in 1999, a three-time Gold Glove Award winner (2001, 2002, and 2006), and won the 2007 Darryl Kile Award "for integrity and courage".[1][2][3] A five-time league-leader at catcher in fielding percentage, Ausmus led the league twice each in range factor and in percentage caught stealing, and once each in putouts and assists.[4][5]

Ausmus finished his playing career in 2010 ranked third in major league history with 12,839 putouts as a catcher (trailing only Iván Rodríguez and Jason Kendall), seventh in games caught with 1,938, and 10th in both range factor/game (7.12) and fielding percentage (.994). He also ranked first all-time among all Jewish major leaguers in career games played (1,971), fifth in hits (1,579), and eighth in runs batted in (607), directly behind Mike Lieberthal.[6][7][8][9] He was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.[10]

Ausmus worked in the Padres' front office as a special assistant from 2010 to 2013. In November 2013, Ausmus became the 38th manager in the history of the Detroit Tigers, succeeding Jim Leyland, a position he held for four years. In October 2018, he was named the 17th manager in the history of the Los Angeles Angels, but was dismissed after one season in September 2019. In January 2022, he was named the bench coach of the Oakland Athletics. Ausmus was a coach for Team Israel, under manager Ian Kinsler, when it competed in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He joined the Yankees as their bench coach after the 2023 season.

  1. ^ SportsJustice: Scrapiron speaks. I listen. Ausmus is funny. Archived February 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Houston Chronicle, January 27, 2007, Retrieved July 23, 2008.
  2. ^ "Darryl Kile Award" Archived February 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Baseball Almanac, Retrieved July 23, 2008.
  3. ^ Corey Brock (November 16, 2010). "Padres hire Ausmus as special assistant". MLB.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  4. ^ "Brad Ausmus Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
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  6. ^ Howard A. Megdal (January 22, 2009). "Brad Ausmus: Modern-Day Moe Berg". The Baseball Talmud. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  7. ^ Greenberg, Brad A. (July 1, 2009). "There's a new Jew in Dodger blue", Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles". Washington Jewish Week. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  8. ^ Jewish Major Leaguers Career Leaders Archived July 11, 2012, at archive.today. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
  9. ^ "Brad Ausmus Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  10. ^ "Brad Ausmus named Tigers' next manager". Sporting News. November 2, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.