DeMarlo Hale

DeMarlo E. Hale

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
• School Southern University
• High School Chicago Vocational Career Academy

• Born July 16, 1961 in Chicago, IL USA

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Biographical Information

First baseman/outfielder DeMarlo Hale was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of the 1983 amateur draft, and spent five seasons playing in the minors for the Red Sox (1983-1986) and Oakland A's (1988).

After his playing days ended, Hale was an instructor at the Bucky Dent Baseball School from 1989 to 1992.

He was a coach for the New Britain Red Sox in 1992, and managed in the minors from 1993 to 1999. In 1995 Hale won the Midwest League Manager of the Year award after leading the Michigan Battle Cats to the league finals and a 75-62 record. In 1999 with the AA Trenton Thunder Hale won the Eastern League Manager of the Year and minor league manager of the year awards from Baseball America, The Sporting News and USA Today Baseball Weekly. He was also chosen to manage the AL affiliates at the AA All-Star Game for the second time, the first coming in 1997. He also served as a coach for team USA at that years Futures Game at Fenway Park.

Moving to the Texas Rangers organization, Hale managed at AAA in 2000-2001, and after a stint as a coach with Peoria in the Arizona Fall League, was a named First Base coach from 2002 to 2005.

Hale re-joined the Red Sox as third base coach for the 2006 season and stayed in that position through the end of the 2009 season. He then served two years as the team's bench coach before being let go at the end of the 2011 season with the firing of manager Terry Francona. He stayed in the AL East taking the job of Third Base coach with the Baltimore Orioles for the 2012 season, then in 2013 moved to the Toronto Blue Jays as bench coach under manager John Gibbons. His tenure lasted as long as Gibbons' as he left after the 2018 season, when Gibbons retired.

He returned to the field in 2021 as bench coach of the Cleveland Indians, assisting his old friend Francona. He took over as interim manager of the Indians for the remainder of the season on July 29th when Francona had to step away for health reasons, then returned to the bench coach job with the re-named Cleveland Guardians in 2022. In 2024, he returned to the Blue Jays, this time with the title of "Assistant Manager", working with manager John Schneider and bench coach Don Mattingly.

Preceded by Terry Francona

Cleveland Indians Manager 2021

Succeeded by Terry Francona

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1993	Fort Lauderdale Red Sox	Florida State League	46-85	13th	Boston Red Sox
1994	Sarasota Red Sox	Florida State League	69-64	8th	Boston Red Sox	Lost in 1st round
1995	Michigan Battle Cats	Midwest League	75-62	4th	Boston Red Sox	Lost League Finals
1996	Sarasota Red Sox	Florida State League	67-69	9th	Boston Red Sox
1997	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	71-70	6th	Boston Red Sox
1998	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	71-70	5th	Boston Red Sox
1999	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	92-50	1st	Boston Red Sox	Lost in 1st round
2000	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	69-74	8th	Texas Rangers
2001	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	74-69	6th	Texas Rangers
2021	Cleveland Indians	American League	30-33	2nd	Cleveland Indians		Replaced Terry Francona (50-49) on July 29