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Jan 27, 1968 Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States 56 years old
American baseball player and manager
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About Eric Wedge
- Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968) is an American baseball coach and manager and former catcher, who is the head baseball coach at Wichita State University.
- As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983.
- He went on to attend Wichita State, and played on the Shockers team that won the 1989 College World Series.
- From 1989–1997 he played in the minor league systems of the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies, and played in 39 major league games with the Red Sox and Rockies between 1991 and 1994. Wedge managed in the Cleveland Indians minor league system from 1998–2002 before being named manager of the Indians for the 2003 season.
- He led the Indians to a postseason berth in 2007, and won the American League Manager of the Year Award that year.
- He managed the Indians through the 2009 season.
- He then managed the Seattle Mariners from 2011 to 2013, and then worked as player development advisor for the Toronto Blue Jays from 2016 to 2019.
