Chris Widger | |
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Sussex County Miners – No. 26 | |
Catcher / Manager | |
Born: Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. | May 21, 1971|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 23, 1995, for the Seattle Mariners | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 15, 2006, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .238 |
Home runs | 55 |
Runs batted in | 222 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Christopher Jon Widger (born May 21, 1971) is an American professional baseball coach and former catcher who is currently the manager for the Sussex County Miners of the Frontier League. He played for the Seattle Mariners (1995-1996, 2000), Montreal Expos (1997-2000), New York Yankees (2002), St. Louis Cardinals (2003), Chicago White Sox (2005-2006), and Baltimore Orioles (2006).
In January 2020, after a few seasons as a minor league bench coach, he was named the manager of the Wilmington Blue Rocks, then promoted to similar positions with the Quad Cities River Bandits in 2021 and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals in 2022.