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Rowson served as the Yankees' minor league hitting coordinator for six seasons, joining the [[Chicago Cubs]] as their minor league hitting coordinator for the 2012 season. He took over as the hitting coach of the Cubs in June 2012, after [[Rudy Jaramillo]] was fired.<ref name=mlb.com>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120612&content_id=33167932&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Cubs dismiss hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo]</ref> After the 2013 season, he rejoined the Yankees as their minor league hitting coordinator.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-chicago-cubs-james-rowson-20131109,0,4427711.story| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110125618/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-chicago-cubs-james-rowson-20131109,0,4427711.story| archive-date = 2013-11-10| title = Chicago Cubs James Rowson - chicagotribune.com}} |
Rowson served as the Yankees' minor league hitting coordinator for six seasons, joining the [[Chicago Cubs]] as their minor league hitting coordinator for the 2012 season. He took over as the hitting coach of the Cubs in June 2012, after [[Rudy Jaramillo]] was fired.<ref name=mlb.com>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120612&content_id=33167932&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb Cubs dismiss hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo]</ref> After the 2013 season, he rejoined the Yankees as their minor league hitting coordinator.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-chicago-cubs-james-rowson-20131109,0,4427711.story| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110125618/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-chicago-cubs-james-rowson-20131109,0,4427711.story| archive-date = 2013-11-10| title = Chicago Cubs James Rowson - chicagotribune.com}}</ref> Rowson was hired to be the hitting coach for the [[Minnesota Twins]] in 2017. In the offseason following the 2019 season, Rowson left the Twins to become the Marlins' bench coach.<ref name=mlb.com2>[https://www.mlb.com/marlins/news/james-rowson-to-join-marlins-as-bench-coach Marlins hire Rowson for dual role]</ref> |
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James Frank Rowson (born September 12, 1976) is an American professional baseball coach. He is currently the Bench Coach and Offensive Coordinator for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Playing career
The Seattle Mariners drafted Rowson in the ninth round of the 1994 MLB Draft. He played minor league baseball in the Mariners' and the New York Yankees' minor league systems from 1995 to 1997, and played for the Cook County Cheetahs in the independent Heartland League in 1998.[1]
Post-playing career
Rowson served as the Yankees' minor league hitting coordinator for six seasons, joining the Chicago Cubs as their minor league hitting coordinator for the 2012 season. He took over as the hitting coach of the Cubs in June 2012, after Rudy Jaramillo was fired.[1] After the 2013 season, he rejoined the Yankees as their minor league hitting coordinator.[2] Rowson was hired to be the hitting coach for the Minnesota Twins in 2017. In the offseason following the 2019 season, Rowson left the Twins to become the Marlins' bench coach.[3]
References
- ^ a b Cubs dismiss hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo
- ^ "Chicago Cubs James Rowson - chicagotribune.com". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10.
- ^ Marlins hire Rowson for dual role
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mount Vernon, New York
- Baseball coaches from New York (state)
- African-American baseball coaches
- Major League Baseball bench coaches
- Major League Baseball hitting coaches
- Chicago Cubs coaches
- Minnesota Twins coaches
- Miami Marlins coaches
- Minor league baseball coaches
- Everett AquaSox players
- Tampa Yankees players
- Greensboro Bats players
- Oneonta Yankees players
- Cook County Cheetahs players
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American people
- American baseball biography stubs