Ron Coomer | |
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First baseman / Third baseman | |
Born: Crest Hill, Illinois, U.S. | November 18, 1966|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 1, 1995, for the Minnesota Twins | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 28, 2003, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .274 |
Home runs | 92 |
Runs batted in | 449 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Ronald Bryan Coomer (born November 18, 1966), nicknamed "Coom Dawg", is an American former first baseman and third baseman in Major League Baseball and the current color analyst and play-by-play broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs radio on WSCR 670 AM. Coomer had a nine-year major league career from 1995 to 2003 playing for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1999 while with the Twins.
During his baseball career he opened up a baseball facility in Orland Park, Illinois, called C.F. Swingtown Baseball Academy, which is no longer owned by Coomer.[1]