Jim Lett
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Jim Lett | |
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Born: Charleston, West Virginia | January 3, 1951|
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
James Curtis Lett (born January 3, 1951) is an American retired baseball player, and a former coach for several teams.[1] He was born in Charleston, West Virginia.
Biography
Lett is a 1969 graduate of Winfield High School in Winfield, West Virginia, where he played football and basketball and ran track. He earned All-State honors in basketball as the top scorer in the state and All-America honors in football as a quarterback. He is a 1973 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he was selected to the All-Southeastern Conference baseball team in 1971. He also was a quarterback on the Wildcats football team. Lett earned a B.S. degree in Geography.
Lett has worked in professional baseball as a player, coach, manager and front office executive in each of the last[when?] 32 years, having spent 24 of those years within the Cincinnati Reds organization (1973–96).
He began his career as a player with
Lett was a minor league manager in the Reds' chain from 1977 to 1985. He was the Reds'
After leaving the Reds, Lett was a member of the Toronto Blue Jays coaching staff from 1997 to 1999. He was the Blue Jays' assistant director of player development in 2000.
With the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lett served on Manager Jim Tracy's staff, as Bullpen Coach from 2001 through 2004 and as Bench Coach in 2005.
On November 1, 2005, Lett was named the
While overseeing the Dodgers' bullpen in 2003, he helped guide the pen to a major-league low 2.46 ERA, the lowest mark by any bullpen since the 1990 Oakland Athletics posted a 2.35 ERA. The next year, Los Angeles relievers ranked second in the major leagues with a 3.06 ERA.
In his tenure as a coach in the majors, Lett has worked with four
References
- ^ Ladson, Bill (20 November 2009). "Nationals' coaching staff in place". MLB.com. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "Bowden: Making Trevor Hoffman a pitcher paid off for him, not for me - The GM's Office- ESPN". Espn.com. 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Hoffman, Trevor | Baseball Hall of Fame".
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet