George Lombard
| George Lombard | |||
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 27 | |||
| Outfielder/Coach | |||
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Born: September 14, 1975 Atlanta, Georgia | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 4, 1998, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 2006, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .220 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 21 | ||
| Teams | |||
George Paul Lombard (born September 14, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and current first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lombard was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Braves in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft, the same year that he graduated from The Lovett School in Atlanta. He played for the Braves, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Washington Nationals. Lombard, a celebrated high school running back, had initially committed to play for the Georgia Bulldogs before changing his direction toward baseball.
He was the first American baseball player to hit a home run in China during the MLB China Series on March 15, 2008.
During the 2008-2009 offseason, Lombard signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians.
On July 4, 2009 Lombard was released by the Indians. He spent 2010 as the hitting coach for the Lowell Spinners, Short-Season A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and served as manager of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Red Sox in 2011–2012. His teams compiled a 61–59 (.508) overall record, with the 2012 edition winning the GCL's South Division. In December 2012, Lombard was promoted by the Red Sox to roving outfield and baserunning coordinator throughout the team's minor league farm system.[1] He was hired by the Braves in September 2015 to fill the same role, as well as to serve as overall field coordinator in the Atlanta player development system.[2]
On December 17, 2015, it was announced that Lombard would be joining the Los Angeles Dodgers as first base coach.[3]
George's late mother, Posy, was a noted civil rights activist and associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.[4] His maternal grandfather taught at the Harvard Business School for 41 years.[5]
References
- ↑ "Red Sox announce personnel moves in baseball operations". MLB.com. December 20, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Braves announce George Lombard as Minor League Field Coordinator". MLB.com. September 4, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
- ↑ Weisman, Jon (December 17, 2015). "Dodgers name coaches for 2016". Dodgers.com. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ↑ Snow, Chris (February 21, 2005). "Lombard is one centered center fielder". Boston Globe. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
- ↑ "George Francis Fabyan Lombard, former senior associate dean, dies at 93". Harvard Gazette. July 22, 2004. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube
- SoxProspects.com Bio
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Dave Tomlin |
Gulf Coast Red Sox manager 2011–2012 |
Succeeded by Darren Fenster |
| Preceded by Davey Lopes |
Los Angeles Dodgers First Base Coach 2016-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |