Bob Geren

Robert Peter Geren (born September 22, 1961, in San Diego, California) is the manager of the Oakland Athletics. He is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played in the majors for the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres. Geren was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round with the 24th pick of the 1979 draft. After spending ten years in the Minor Leagues, he made his Major League debut for the New York Yankees in 1988. Ger... more

Robert Peter Geren (born September 22, 1961, in San Diego, California) is the manager of the Oakland Athletics. He is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played in the majors for the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres. Geren was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round with the 24th pick of the 1979 draft. After spending ten years in the Minor Leagues, he made his Major League debut for the New York Yankees in 1988. Geren played with New York through 1991. While with the Yankees he appeared on the CBS daytime version of Family Feud hosted by Ray Combs with other members of his family late in 1988. He spent the first two seasons backing up Don Slaught. In 1990, he had his statistically best season as the starting Yankees' catcher. In 110 games, he had a .213 batting average with 8 home runs and 31 runs batted in. After spending 1992 in the Minors with the Pawtucket Red Sox, he played his final season of baseball in 1993 with the San Diego Padres, the team... less