Batting average .249 Role Baseball player Name Russ Morman | Runs batted in 43 Home runs 10 | |
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Education Iowa Western Community College, Wichita State University | ||
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Russell Lee Morman (born April 22, 1962 in Independence, Missouri) is an American professional baseball coach and manager. During his active career, he played first base and the outfield in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1997. He played for the Florida Marlins, Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals.
In 2005, Russ was inducted into the Kansas City Sports Commission Hall of Fame.
After his playing career ended, Morman managed in the Marlin and Boston Red Sox farm systems and served as a hitting coach for the Portland Sea Dogs and Pawtucket Red Sox through the 2009 season.
He was the hitting coach of the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Eastern League and Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, in 2010. In 2011, he became the hitting coach for the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League, then the Giants' Triple-A affiliate.
In 2014 the Giants announced that Morman would return to managing and Richmond as the skipper of the Flying Squirrels and they assigned him to the Class A San Jose Giants of the California League for 2015.
His career minor-league managerial record is 290–265 (.523) over four seasons.