Arnie Beyeler

Arnie Beyeler

Beyeler as a Red Sox coach in 2013
New Orleans Zephyrs
Manager
Born: (1964-02-13) February 13, 1964
Moab, Utah
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Arnold H. Beyeler (born February 13, 1964) is an American professional baseball manager and former Major League coach. In 2016 he will manage the New Orleans Zephyrs of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins.[1]

Previously, he spent three seasons (2013–15) as first-base and outfield coach of the Boston Red Sox, winning a 2013 World Series ring. During that season, Beyeler helped veteran centerfielder Shane Victorino convert to right field, a notoriously difficult position at Boston's home stadium, Fenway Park. When Victorino won a 2013 Gold Glove for defensive excellence, he invited Beyeler to the off-season awards ceremony in New York as his guest.[2] During 2014–15, Beyeler converted infielders Mookie Betts and Brock Holt into outfielders; Betts became the Red Sox' regular centerfielder in 2015 and won a Gold Glove as a right fielder (and the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award) in 2016.[3] But veteran shortstop Hanley Ramírez' conversion to leftfielder was a disaster in 2015,[4] and Boston released Beyeler on October 4, 2015.[5][6]

In 2016, Beveler spent his 13th season as a manager, his first in the Marlins' system. Before being appointed to Boston's coaching staff in November 2012,[7] he was the pilot of the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League, the Red Sox' top-level minor league affiliate, from 2011–12.[8] Beyeler previously had served for four seasons (2007–10) as skipper of the Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern League, the Red Sox' Double-A farm club.[9] In his two years as manager of the Pawtucket Red Sox, Beyeler led the team to an International League North Division title in 2011 and its third Governors' Cup championship in 2012.

Six-year professional playing career

Beyeler, a native of Moab, Utah, graduated from Grand County High School, Lamar Community College, and Wichita State University, where he played varsity baseball and majored in communications. A second baseman and shortstop in professional baseball, he threw and batted right-handed, and stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). Beyeler played six seasons (1986–91) in the Detroit Tigers farm system, compiling a batting average of .254 with 69 stolen bases in 584 games played, including 29 games with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens in 1991.[10]

Scout, manager and coach

After his retirement as an active player, Beyeler began his off-field career as a Florida-based area scout for the Tigers (1992–96). He then spent three seasons, 1997–99, in the New York Yankees organization as a batting and infield coach for the Double-A Norwich Navigators and the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. In 2000 he joined the Red Sox system for the first time as manager of the Lowell Spinners (2000–01) of the Short Season-A New York–Penn League and the Augusta GreenJackets (2002) of the Class A South Atlantic League. When an ownership change in Boston resulted in a turnover of the player development department, Beyeler departed for the Texas Rangers organization, managing the Stockton Ports (2003–04) and the Bakersfield Blaze (2005) of the Class A California League. He then spent the 2006 campaign as batting coach for the Mobile BayBears, the Double-A Southern League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, before his return to the Boston organization as Portland's manager in 2007.[11]

Through 2016, in 13 years as a minor league manager, Beyeler has compiled a record of 871 wins and 826 losses (.513). His 2016 Zephyrs finished third overall in the PCL American Southern Division, with a 69–70 record.[12] He resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

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Preceded by
Todd Claus		 Portland Sea Dogs manager
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Kevin Boles
Preceded by
Torey Lovullo		 Pawtucket Red Sox manager
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
Gary DiSarcina
Preceded by
Alex Ochoa		 Boston Red Sox first-base coach
2013–2015 		Succeeded by
Rubén Amaro, Jr.
Preceded by
Andy Haines		 New Orleans Zephyrs manager
2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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