Jerry Weinstein (born November 9, 1943) is an
American
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professional baseball
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manager
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. He most recently managed the
Hartford Yard Goats
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, a
Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
Double-A team in the
Eastern League, an affiliate of the
Colorado Rockies.
Weinstein managed
Team Israel at the
2017 World Baseball Classic qualifiers, in September 2016, and during the main tournament the following March (2017), in South Korea and Japan. In 2018, he received ''
Baseball Americas Tony Gwynn Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020 he was named recipient of the
American Baseball Coaches Association
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/
Wilson Lefty Gomez Award.
Early life
Weinstein was born in Los Angeles, and is Jewish.
[Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz]
''The Big Book of Jewish Baseball''
(SP Books; 2001). He earned his
bachelor's degree
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in health and
physical education
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at the
University of California, Los Angeles
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(UCLA) in 1965, and his
master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. in physical education at UCLA in 1969.
Baseball coaching and managing career
Weinstein began his
coaching
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career in 1966 as a
UCLA
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freshman coach.
[Michelle Kaufman (March 8, 2017)]
"World Baseball Classic darling Israel is coached by former UM assistant Jerry Weinstein,"
''Miami Herald''. He was an assistant under
Ron Fraser
Ronald George Fraser (June 25, 1933 – January 20, 2013) was the college baseball coach at the University of Miami from 1963 to 1992.
Nicknamed the "Wizard of College Baseball," he was one of the most successful coaches in NCAA baseball history ...
on the 1984
University of Miami baseball team, which came in fourth at the
College World Series
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.
Weinstein then coached at
Sacramento City College
Sacramento City College (SCC) is a public community college in Sacramento, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had an enrollment of 25,307 in 2009. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community ...
. He led the school to 831
wins across 23 seasons, and led the team to 16 league titles, the California Community College Athletic Association state title in 1988 and 1998, and one national title.
[Nick Pecoraro (October 28, 2017)]
"Around the bases, around the world; Former City baseball coach honored,"
''Express''. A total of 213 of his players were drafted, including 28 who reached the major leagues.
Weinstein managed the rookie-level Gulf Coast Expos
The Florida Complex League Nationals are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Washington Nationals, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. Prior to the 2021 season, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Nationals. The ...
of the Gulf Coast League
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in 1989. He managed the Class A Short Season Geneva Cubs
The Geneva Cubs was the final moniker of the minor league baseball team located in Geneva, New York. Their home stadium was at McDonough Park.
Geneva teams played in the Border League (1947–1951) and New York–Penn League (1958–1973, 1977†...
of the New York–Penn League
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in 1993, and the Class A-Short Season Williamsport Cubs Williamsport is a place name that may refer to the following places in the United States:
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*Williamsport, Indiana
*Williamsport, Maryland
*Williamsport, Michigan
...
of the New York–Penn League in 1994.
After returning to Sacramento City College, Weinstein served as director of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers
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in 2000 and 2001, and then coached for California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
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(Cal Poly) from 2001 through 2005. He coached Team USA to a gold medal at the 2005 Maccabiah Games.
Weinstein left Cal Poly to become the manager of the Class A–Advanced Modesto Nuts
The Modesto Nuts are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. They are located in Modesto, California, and are named for the several types of nuts grown in the region. They play the ...
in the California League in 2007, and managed them through 2011.[
The Colorado Rockies added Weinstein to their major league staff before the 2012 season.] After the 2013 season, the Rockies reassigned Weinstein, putting him in charge of player development in the minor leagues.
In the summer of 2016, Weinstein was the Wareham Gatemen
The Wareham Gatemen are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Wareham, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's West Division. The Gatemen play their home games at Clem Spillane Fie ...
Head Coach in the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2019, Weinstein returned to manage Wareham again after a two-year hiatus.
In 2017, Weinstein was the manager of the Hartford Yard Goats
The Hartford Yard Goats are a Minor League Baseball team based in Hartford, Connecticut. The Yard Goats, which play in the Eastern League, are the Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. The team was founded in 2016 when the New Britain ...
, in the Double-A Eastern League, in the Colorado Rockies organization. The 73-year-old observed: "They hired an old goat to manage the Yard Goats,". In 2018, he stepped down as manager but remained in the organization as Rockies player development and scouting special assistant, performing scouting and player development tasks at the discretion of Zach Wilson, the Rockies player development director, and the Rockies' organization.
In 2019, Weinstein again managed the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was scheduled to managed the team again in 2020, before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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.
International competitions
Weinstein served as the assistant coach for the United States national baseball team
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in the 1992 Summer Olympics
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; the team did not medal. He again coached for the national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics
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, along with Skip Bertman
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; the team won a bronze medal.
Weinstein managed Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, leading them to a 3–0 record, qualifying Israel for their first World Baseball Classic
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appearance. He returned as the manager in the main tournament, managing Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic main tournament in South Korea and Japan in March 2017, where the team was 4–2 overall in the tournament.
In April 2021, Weinstein was named as bench coach
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for the U.S. national team, for the team's final efforts to qualify for baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. The team qualified, with Weinstein serving as bench coach for the Olympics. The team went on to win silver, falling to Japan in the gold-medal game.
Accolades
Weinstein is a member of the Sacramento City College Athletic Hall of Fame, the California Community College Hall of Fame, and the American Baseball Coaches Association
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Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017. In 2018, he received '' Baseball Americas Tony Gwynn Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020 he was named recipient of the American Baseball Coaches Association/ Wilson Lefty Gomez Award for contributions to the game locally, nationally, and internationally.
Writing
Weinstein co-authored ''Baseball Coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and a Winning Team'' (Wiley; 1998), with Tom Alston.
Weinstein’s Twitter page, on which he writes professional analysis of major league plays, has over 26,000 followers.Jerry Weinstein (@JWonCATCHING) , Twitter
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References
External links
Twitter
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1943 births
Living people
Cal Poly Mustangs baseball coaches
Cape Cod Baseball League coaches
Colorado Rockies (baseball) coaches
Jewish American baseball managers
Minor league baseball managers
Sacramento City Panthers baseball coaches
Sportspeople from Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
World Baseball Classic managers
21st-century American Jews