| Jerry Narron | |||
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Full Name: Jerry Austin Narron Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 205 lbs. Born: Jan 15, 1956 in Goldsboro, North Carolina \ College: Eastern Carolina Debut: April 13, 1979 Final Game: October 2, 1987 |
 MANAGERIAL RECORD |
| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 |
NYA Sea Sea Cal Cal Cal Cal Sea |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
.171 .196 .222 .136 .247 .220 .221 .000 |
61 48 76 10 69 67 57 4 |
123 107 203 22 150 132 95 8 |
17 7 13 1 9 12 5 0 |
21 21 45 3 37 29 21 0 |
3 3 5 0 5 4 3 0 |
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 |
4 4 3 1 3 5 1 0 |
18 18 17 4 17 14 8 0 |
9 13 16 1 8 11 9 0 |
26 18 35 3 12 17 14 2 |
.226 .279 .285 .174 .286 .280 .292 .000 |
.309 .336 .291 .273 .340 .364 .305 .000 |
| Totals | AVG .211 |
G 392 |
AB 840 |
R 64 |
H 177 |
2B 23 |
3B 2 |
HR 21 |
RBI 96 |
BB 67 |
K 127 |
OBP .270 |
SLG .318 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 |
NYA Sea Sea Cal Cal Cal Cal Sea |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 |
2 2 3 0 7 2 5 0 |
38 36 59 6 51 48 29 0 |
0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 |
3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 |
1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
-.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
30.8 26.8 67.7 22.0 50.0 26.4 95.0 --.- |
4.7 5.9 5.8 7.3 12.5 7.8 6.8 4.0 |
| Totals | HBP 4 |
GDP 21 |
TB 267 |
IBB 8 |
SH 9 |
SF 6 |
SB 0 |
CS 0 |
SB% -.--- |
AB/HR 40.0 |
AB/K 6.6 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1984 1985 1985 1986 1987 |
NYA Sea Sea Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Sea |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
C C C C 1B C 1B C C C |
56 39 65 6 7 46 1 45 51 3 |
187 127 260 19 40 157 2 158 171 9 |
167 115 248 14 38 146 2 144 155 9 |
15 11 11 3 2 10 0 14 14 0 |
5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 |
2 0 3 0 5 1 0 4 3 0 |
0.973 0.992 0.996 0.895 1.000 0.994 1.000 1.000 0.988 1.000 |
| Totals | G 319 |
Ch 1130 |
PO 1038 |
A 80 |
E 12 |
DP 18 |
FPCT 0.989 |
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| LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1986 |
Cal |
AL |
.500 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.667 |
.500 |
| Totals | AVG .500 |
G 4 |
AB 2 |
R 1 |
H 1 |
2B 0 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 0 |
BB 1 |
K 1 |
OBP .667 |
SLG .500 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1986 |
Cal |
AL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-.--- |
--.- |
2.0 |
| Totals | HBP 0 |
GDP 0 |
TB 1 |
IBB 0 |
SH 0 |
SF 0 |
SB 0 |
CS 0 |
SB% -.--- |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 2.0 |
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| LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FIELDING |
| YEAR | TEAM | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1986 |
Cal |
C |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| Totals | G 3 |
Ch 1 |
PO 1 |
A 0 |
E 0 |
DP 0 |
FPCT 1.000 |
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Until chosen to be the interim manager for the Texas Rangers in May 2001, Jerry Narron's biggest claim to fame was as the answer to a trivia question:
Who caught for the Yankees the day after Thurman Munson died in a plane crash?
Narron was a rookie back for the Yankees back in 1979 when given the difficult task of replacing Munson. He hit just .171 in 61 games and that offseason was traded to Seattle. He ended up playing nearly six years in the big leagues, including three years as Bob Boone's backup with the Angels.
Like Johnny Oates (Texas Rangers manager), Narron was a backup catcher who drifted into managing. He managed in the Orioles' system from 1989 to 1992, before joining the Rangers with Oates in 1995. He had served as third-base coach since joining the staff. "We have not played anywhere near where we're capable of playing," said Narron, who was a minor-league teammate of Rangers GM Doug Melvin with Fort Lauderdale in 1976. "It's my job to get guys to achieve and overachieve. I don't know what we're going to change." In his minor-league managerial days, Narron managed Double-A Hagerstown in 1990-91 and Triple-A Rochester in 1992. Among the young players he groomed were Arthur Rhodes, Ricky Gutierrez and Mike Mussina. Narron described his managerial style as one cobbled from his time with Oates and his playing days under Billy Martin, Gene Mauch, John McNamara and Dick Williams. He was the Rangers' interim manager in 1995 when Oates took a leave of absence, going 2-3 in five games.Jerry Narron is the nephew of San Narron, a catcher for St. Louis.