Terry Bevington

Terry Paul Bevington (born July 27, 1956) is a former manager of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.

Bevington was born in Akron, Ohio. His family moved to Santa Monica, California where he was a standout high school baseball player at Santa Monica High. He spent seven seasons in the minor leagues after being drafted by the New York Yankees in 1974. He batted .247 in 368 games played, including 33 with the Triple-A Vancouver Canadians of the Pacific Coast League in 1980. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.9 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).^[1]

He then managed in the Milwaukee Brewers organization for five years before being named third base coach in 1989. In the middle of the 1995 season, he was named manager of the White Sox when Gene Lamont was fired on June 2. After 2½ seasons at the helm, he was fired at the end of the 1997 with a record of 222-214 (.509); the White Sox went 75-76 in 1995, 85-77 in 1996, and 80-81 in 1997 under Bevington.^[2] He was a third base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1999 through 2001^[3] before returning to the minor leagues as a manager. He resigned as the Edmonton Cracker-Cats' skipper after a suspension stemming from an on-field brawl between the Cracker Cats and Calgary Vipers.

References

External links

Terry Bevington managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Duane Espy	Burlington Bees Manager 1981	Succeeded by ??
Preceded by ???	Beloit Brewers Manager 1982	Succeeded by Tim Nordbrook
Preceded by Duane Espy	Stockton Ports Manager 1983	Succeeded by ???
Preceded by Lee Sigman	El Paso Diablos Manager 1984–1985	Succeeded by Duffy Dyer
Preceded by Tom Trebelhorn	Vancouver Canadians Manager 1986	Succeeded by Rocky Bridges
Preceded by Jack Lind	Denver Zephyrs Manager 1987	Succeeded by Duffy Dyer
Preceded by Rocky Bridges	Vancouver Canadians Manager 1988	Succeeded by Marv Foley
Preceded by	Chicago White Sox First Base Coach 1989	Succeeded by Ron Clark
Preceded by Ron Clark	Chicago White Sox Third Base Coach 1990–1995	Succeeded by Doug Mansolino
Preceded by Garth Iorg	Syracuse Sky Chiefs Manager 1998	Succeeded by Pat Kelly
Preceded by Eddie Rodriguez	Toronto Blue Jays Third Base Coach 1999–2001	Succeeded by Carlos Tosca
Preceded by Les Peden	Shreveport Sports Manager 2003–2004	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Shreveport Sports Manager 2008	Succeeded by Eddie Gerald

Chicago White Sox managers

Clark Griffith (1901–1902)
Nixey Callahan (1903–1904)
Fielder Jones (1904–1908)
Billy Sullivan (1909)
Hugh Duffy (1910–1911)
Nixey Callahan (1912–1914)
Pants Rowland (1915–1918)
Kid Gleason (1919–1923)
Johnny Evers (1924)
Ed Walsh (1924)
Eddie Collins (1924)
Johnny Evers (1924)
Eddie Collins (1925–1926)
Ray Schalk (1927–1928)
Lena Blackburne (1928–1929)
Donie Bush (1930–1931)
Lew Fonseca (1932–1934)
Jimmy Dykes (1934–1946)
Ted Lyons (1946–1948)
Jack Onslow (1949–1950)
Red Corriden (1950)
Paul Richards (1951–1954)
Marty Marion (1954–1956)
Al López (1957–1965)
Eddie Stanky (1966–1968)
Les Moss (1968)
Al López (1968)
Les Moss (1968)
Al López (1968–1969)
Don Gutteridge (1969–1970)
Bill Adair (1970)
Chuck Tanner (1970–1975)
Paul Richards (1976)
Bob Lemon (1977–1978)
Larry Doby (1978)
Don Kessinger (1979)
Tony La Russa (1979–1986)
Doug Rader (1986)
Jim Fregosi (1986–1988)
Jeff Torborg (1989–1991)
Gene Lamont (1992–1995)
Terry Bevington (1995–1997)
Jerry Manuel (1998–2003)
Ozzie Guillén (2004–2011)
Don Cooper (2011)
Robin Ventura (2012–)

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