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Son of former major league outfielder Bob Skinner, who played 12 seasons with Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati and St. Louis, Skinner played 15 seasons in professional baseball prior to his coaching career,
including nine years on the big-league level with the Chicago White Sox (1983-86), New York Yankees
(1986-88) and Indians (1989-91). He registered a .228 batting average with 17 home runs and 136 RBI
in 564 career games.
He was the youngest (41) manager in the majors the second half of the 2002 season, as he and his
father (Phillies, 1968-69; Padres, 1977) became only the second father/son managerial tandem in Major
League Baseball history. The elder Skinner played in three All-Star Games and was a member of the
1960 World Series championship Pirates team.
He logged seven seasons as a minor league manager, including three years in Akron (1998-99,
2010), and has notched a career winning percentage of .562 (519-404). Skinner guided five of his
minor teams to the playoffs, earning Minor League Manager of the Year awards from Baseball America
and The Sporting News after guiding Triple-A Buffalo to the International League championship in
2000. He also served as a coach on Team USA at the 2000 Futures Game. In 1998, he was named USA
Today Baseball Weekly’s “Manager of the Year” with Akron, and earned additional “Manager of the
Year” honors in 1997 while at Kinston (Carolina League) and in 1995 with Watertown (New York-Penn
League) after leading the Indians’ Single-A teams to league titles. He spent the 1994 season as a roving
catching instructor after retiring during the season.
Skinner was originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 36th round of the 1979 Draft and
was later picked by the Chicago White Sox in the 1982 Compensation Draft. The former catcher spent
the last three seasons of his playing career (1992-94) battling back from right shoulder surgery after the
1991 season.
The La Jolla, Calif. native played baseball and water polo at Mission Bay (Calif.) High School. He
and his wife, Jennifer, have three daughters, Kate, Erin and Tara, and one son, Cameron.
maJor leaGue reCord
avG. G aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi
tOtals .228 564 1441 119 329 62 3 17 136
a’s reCenT CoaChinG assiGnmenTs
Year Bench pitching hitting third Base First Base Bullpen
2010 Tye Waller Curt Young Jim Skaalen Mike Gallego Todd Steverson Ron Romanick
2009 Tye Waller Curt Young Jim Skaalen Mike Gallego Todd Steverson Ron Romanick
2008 Don Wakamatsu Curt Young Ty Van Burkleo DeFrancesco/Waller Waller/DeFrancesco Ron Romanick
2007 Bob Schaefer Curt Young Ty Van Burkelo Rene Lachemann Tye Waller Brad Fischer
2006 Bob Geren Curt Young Gerald Perry Ron Washington Rene Lachemann Brad Fischer
2005 Rene Lachemann Curt Young Dave Hudgens Ron Washington Brad Fischer Bob Geren
2004 Chris Speier Curt Young Dave Hudgens Ron Washington Brad Fischer Bob Geren
2003 Terry Francona Rick Peterson Bosley/Hudgens Ron Washington Brad Fischer Bob Geren
2002 Ken Macha Rick Peterson Thad Bosley Ron Washington Mike Quade Brad Fischer
2001 Ken Macha Rick Peterson Thad Bosley Ron Washington Mike Quade Brad Fischer
2000 Ken Macha Rick Peterson Thad Bosley Ron Washington Mike Quade Brad Fischer
1999 Ken Macha Rick Peterson Dave Hudgens Ron Washington Thad Bosley Brad Fischer
1998 Duffy Dyer Bob Cluck Denny Walling Ron Washington Gary Jones Brad Fischer
1997 Duffy Dyer Bob Cluck Denny Walling Ron Washington Brad Fischer Bob Alejo
1996 — Bob Cluck Denny Walling Duffy Dyer Ron Washington Brad Fischer
1995 *Carney Lansford Dave Duncan Jim Lefebvre Tommie Reynolds Dave McKay Art Kusnyer
1994 *Carney Lansford Dave Duncan Jim Lefebvre Tommie Reynolds Dave McKay Art Kusnyer
1993 — Dave Duncan Greg Luzinski Tommie Reynolds Dave McKay Art Kusnyer
1992 Tommie Reynolds Dave Duncan Doug Rader Rene Lachemann Dave McKay Art Kusnyer
1991 Tommie Reynolds Dave Duncan Rick Burleson Rene Lachemann Dave McKay Art Kusnyer
1990 Tommie Reynolds Dave Duncan Merv Rettenmund Rene Lachemann Dave McKay Art Kusnyer
1989 Tommie Reynolds Dave Duncan Merv Rettenmund Rene Lachemann Dave McKay Art Kusnyer
*Lansford was infield coach
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