Ross Atkins (baseball)

Ross Atkins
Atkins at the 2015 MLB Winter Meetings
Born	August 7, 1973 Greensboro, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Occupation	General manager of the Toronto Blue Jays
Known for	Baseball executive
Predecessor	Tony LaCava

Dannon Ross Atkins (born August 7, 1973) is an American baseball executive. On December 3, 2015, he was named the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, after having worked for the Cleveland Indians for 15 years.

Career

Atkins was a pitcher at Wake Forest University, and was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 69th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. In the 1995 Major League Baseball draft, the Cleveland Indians selected him in the 38th round, and he signed with the team.^[1] He played 5 seasons in Cleveland's minor league organization before retiring, compiling a career 37–32 win–loss record, 4.13 earned run average (ERA), and 340 strikeouts in 512 innings pitched.^[1]

The Indians hired Atkins in 2001 as assistant director of player development, and was promoted to director of Latin American operations in 2003. In 2006, they promoted him to director of player development.^[2] The Indians promoted Atkins to vice president of player personnel after the 2014 season.^[3] The Toronto Blue Jays named Atkins general manager on December 3, 2015.^[4]

References

1. "Ross Atkins Register Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
2. "Indians name Ross Atkins director of player development". Cleveland Indians. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
3. "Cleveland Indians promote Ross Atkins, Carter Hawkins, Paul Gillispie in front office". cleveland.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
4. Kruth, Cash (December 3, 2015). "Atkins named Blue Jays' general manager". MLB.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)