Gregory Allen Ritchie (born January 25, 1964) is an American baseball player and coach. He is the head coach of the George Washington Colonials baseball team. He played for the Brother Elephants in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1995 and coached the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball in 2013.
| Gregg Ritchie | |
|---|---|
 Ritchie in 1988 | |
| George Washington Colonials | |
| Head Baseball Coach | |
| Born: January 25, 1964 Washington, D.C., U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| CPBL statistics | |
| Batting average | .200 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach
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Playing career
editThe San Francisco Giants selected Ritchie in the eighth round, with the 188th overall pick, of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the Giants' minor league system from 1986 to 1992, reaching Triple-A. In 1995, he played in the Texas Rangers organization.
Coaching career
editIn 1996, Ritchie became a hitting coach in the Chicago White Sox minor league system, working for the Bristol White Sox of the Appalachian League in 1996 and 1997, the Winston-Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League in 1999, the Burlington Bees of the Midwest League in 2000, the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League from 2000–2003, and the Charlotte Knights of the International League from 2003 through 2005. In 2006, Ritchie joined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization as their roving minor league hitting coordinator.
Ritchie was named the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 2011 season.[1] He was also their hitting coach for the 2012 season. On October 11, 2012, he was announced as the head baseball coach for George Washington.[2] In his first season, he was named the 2013 A-10 Coach of the Year.
Head coaching record
editBelow is a table of Ritchie's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[3]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| George Washington Colonials (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013 | George Washington | 26–32 | 15–9 | t-5th | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2014 | George Washington | 20–30 | 12–15 | t-8th | |||||
| 2015 | George Washington | 32–22 | 13–10 | 6th | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2016 | George Washington | 24–33 | 12–12 | 7th | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2017 | George Washington | 31–27 | 14–10 | 4th | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2018 | George Washington | 32–26 | 13–11 | T-7th | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| 2019 | George Washington | 30–24 | 11–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2020 | George Washington | 8–8 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | George Washington | 26–18 | 14–10 | 3rd (South) | |||||
| 2022 | George Washington | 22–30 | 10–14 | T-8th | |||||
| 2023 | George Washington | 21–34 | 11–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2024 | George Washington | 31–26 | 13–11 | T-4th | A-10 Tournament | ||||
| George Washington: | 303–310 | 138–128 | |||||||
| Total: | 303–310 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Gregg Ritchie named George Washington's new head baseball coach | Stafford County Sun". Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- ^ "2013 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League