Bob Geren

Robert Peter Geren (born September 22, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager. During a 5-year playing career, he played for the New York Yankees (1988–1991) and the San Diego Padres (1993). He managed the Oakland Athletics from 2007 through 2011 and also coached for the New York Mets. He is the current bench coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Playing career

Geren was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round with the 24th pick of the 1979 draft. After spending ten years in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut for the New York Yankees in 1988, playing with New York through 1991. While with the Yankees, he appeared on the CBS daytime version of Family Feud hosted by Ray Combs with other members of his family late in 1988. He spent the first two seasons backing up Don Slaught. In 1990, he had his statistically best season as the starting Yankees' catcher. In 110 games, he had a .213 batting average with 8 home runs and 31 runs batted in. On July 1 of that year, he was the catcher when Andy Hawkins no-hit the Chicago White Sox but lost 4–0, the White Sox scoring all four runs in the runs in the eighth courtesy of three Yankee errors. (With the change of the definition of a no-hitter the following year, this no-hitter would be taken off the record books.)