Brandon Hyde

Brandon Michael Hyde

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
School Long Beach State University
High School Montgomery High School (Santa Rosa)

Born October 3, 1973 in Santa Rosa, CA USA

Biographical Information[edit]

Brandon Hyde was signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1997. He spent several years as a player in their organization before becoming a minor league coach. His best year as a player was 1998 when as a DH-C for the Bristol Sox, he hit .372/~.487/.628 in 27 games. It was the only time he hit .300 as a pro. He made it as far as AAA, where he hit just .130/.185/.304 in 9 games for the Charlotte Knights. Over the course of his minor league career, he played in 200 games and hit .252 with 15 home runs.

After retiring as a player, Hyde started his coaching career as an assistant coach for the California State University, Long Beach Dirtbags in 2002. He returned to professional baseball the next year with the Florida Marlins organization. Hyde was the hitting coach of the Greensboro Bats in 2003 and 2004, and was manager of the newly named Greensboro Grasshoppers starting in 2005. His next three managerial jobs were with the 2007 Carolina Mudcats, the 2008 Jupiter Hammerheads, and 2009 Jacksonville Suns. In 2010, he was the minor league infield coordinator for the Marlins when manager Fredi Gonzalez and two of his coaches were fired on June 23. Hyde then found himself promoted to bench coach of the Marlins, working with new manager Edwin Rodriguez. He returned as bench coach in 2011. Hyde managed the Marlins for one game on June 19, 2011 after Rodriguez resigned unexpectedly before the contest with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Marlins had gone 1-17 over their last 18 games at that point, and lost the only game which Hyde managed, 2-1 to the Rays. The team then brought back 80-year-old Jack McKeon to finish the season at the helm.

Hyde moved to the Chicago Cubs' organization in 2012, being appointed minor league field coordinator. On August 29th the Cubs promoted him to Director of Player Development where he stayed through the 2013 season. In 2014, he was appointed bench coach for new manager Rich Renteria, then moved to first base coach after Joe Maddon became the manager in 2015. He returned to the bench coach job in 2018, replacing Dave Martinez who had been appointed manager of the Washington Nationals.

Following the 2018 season, on December 14th, he was named manager of the Baltimore Orioles by new GM Mike Elias, to replace long-time skipper Buck Showalter who had been fired following the worst season in franchise history. He was tasked with guiding the rebuilding of the Orioles starting in 2019. As expected it was a very tough season, with the Orioles' pitchers giving up home runs at a record pace, and the team quickly sinking to the bottom of the league standings after a couple of decent weeks. They were already 10 games below .500 by the end of April and never recovered. On August 7th, in the middle of yet another lopsided loss to the New York Yankees, he nearly came to blows in the dugout with underperforming slugger Chris Davis, the two having to be separated by a couple of other players. Despite this rough start to his managerial career, his 2022 squad made a surprisingly strong improvement and finished the season just short of the playoffs. Many thought the Orioles would regress in 2023, but they continued to improve and won a division title. The Orioles won 101 games and finished with the best record in the American League and second best in major league baseball behind the Atlanta Braves. While they made a quick exit on the postseason, losing all three games of the Division Series to the Texas Rangers, Hyde won the AL Manager of the Year Award for his good work.

In 2024, the Orioles were in a neck-and-neck race with a resurgent New York Yankees team and things came to a boil just before the All-Star break, on July 12th. Hyde objected strongly when a pitch from Yankees closer Clay Holmes hit Orioles OF Heston Kjerstad right in the head in the 9th inning. As Kjerstad was escorted off the field, he objected to some comments he heard from the Yankees bench. He stormed towards home plate, where he was restrained by Yankees C Austin Wells as the benches cleared. When order was restored, Hyde was ejected from the game, and the Yankees ended up 4-1 winners, leaving the Orioles just one game in front of their rivals.

Notable Achievements[edit]

AL Manager of the Year Award (2023)
Division Title: 1 (2023)
Other Postseason Appearance: 1 (2024/Wild Card)
100 Wins Seasons as Manager: 1 (2023)

Preceded by
Buck Showalter

Baltimore Orioles Manager
2019-

Succeeded by
current

Year-By-Year Managerial Record[edit]

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
2005	Greensboro Grasshoppers	South Atlantic League	67-71	11th	Florida Marlins
2006	Greensboro Grasshoppers	South Atlantic League	68-69	9th	Florida Marlins
2007	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	60-80	10th	Florida Marlins
2008	Jupiter Hammerheads	Florida State League	74-64	5th	Florida Marlins
2009	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	82-58	2nd	Florida Marlins	League Champs

2011	Florida Marlins	National League	0-1	--	Florida Marlins		interim between Edwin Rodriguez (32-39) and Jack McKeon (40-50) on June 19

2019	Baltimore Orioles	American League	54-108	5th	Baltimore Orioles
2020	Baltimore Orioles	American League	25-35	4th	Baltimore Orioles
2021	Baltimore Orioles	American League	52-110	5th	Baltimore Orioles
2022	Baltimore Orioles	American League	83-79	4th	Baltimore Orioles
2023	Baltimore Orioles	American League	101-61	1st	Baltimore Orioles	Lost ALDS
2024	Baltimore Orioles	American League	91-71	2nd	Baltimore Orioles	Lost ALWC

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