Jeffrey A. Albert (born October 31, 1980) is an American professional baseball coach, currently in the role of Director of Hitting for the New York Mets. He has previously coached in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals.
| Jeff Albert | |
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| Hitting coach | |
| Born: October 31, 1980 Rochester, New York, U.S. | |
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Career
editAlbert graduated from Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester, New York. He attended Butler University, where he played baseball for the Bulldogs. After graduating in 2003, he signed with the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League, an independent baseball league.[1] Albert earned a master's degree in kinesiology from Louisiana Tech University in 2008.[2]
Albert served as a hitting coach in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system for five years, and then joined the Astros as their minor league hitting coordinator, a job he held for four years. After the 2017 season, the Astros promoted Albert to assistant hitting coach for the major league team, succeeding Alonzo Powell.[3]
The St. Louis Cardinals hired Albert as their hitting coach after the 2018 season.[4] Albert left the Cardinals after the 2022 season.[5]
On November 15, 2022, Albert was hired by the New York Mets as their Director of Hitting.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Jeff Albert Signs Baseball Contract With Washington Wild Thing - BUTLER OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Butlersports.cstv.com. August 13, 2003. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ "PROGRAMMING SUCCESS: Kinesiology program keeps careers, communities moving forward – News @ Tech". News.latech.edu. July 16, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ Kaplan, Jake (November 13, 2017). "Rich Dauer set to retire; Alex Cintron promoted to Astros' first base coach - Houston Chronicle". Chron.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ "Stubby Clapp hired as Cardinals' first base coach; Jeff Albert named hitting coach". October 29, 2018.
- ^ "Cardinals announce coaches Jeff Albert, Mike Maddux will not return in 2023". October 26, 2022.
- ^ "Sources: Mets hire former Cardinals, Astros coach Jeff Albert as director of hitting".
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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