Darren Bragg

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Darren Bragg
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Outfielder
Born: (1969-09-07) September 7, 1969 (age 56)
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 12, 1994, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 2004, for the Cincinnati Reds
Men's baseball
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Darren William Bragg (born September 7, 1969) is an American former baseball outfielder who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and Cincinnati Reds.

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Career

Bragg attended Georgia Tech, and in 1989 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [1] The Seattle Mariners selected Bragg in the 22nd round of the 1991 MLB Draft. [2]

In his major league career, he hit .255 with 46 home runs, 260 RBI, and 56 stolen bases. [2]

After debuting with the Mariners in 1994, Bragg was traded by Seattle to the Boston Red Sox for Jamie Moyer on July 30, 1996. [3] Bragg replaced Lee Tinsley as Boston's starting center fielder. [4] He started almost every day for the Red Sox throughout 1997, despite the previous winter's signing of Shane Mack. [5] The following year, Bragg fell into a platoon arrangement with Darren Lewis and Damon Buford in the outfield. [6] [7] Bragg became a free agent after the 1998 season and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in January 1999. [8] He returned to free agency after the season, then signed with the Colorado Rockies, who released him in July 2000. He signed with the New York Mets in January 2001, and the New York Yankees claimed him in June. [2] [9] He played for the Atlanta Braves in 2002 and 2003, then split the 2004 season with the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds. [2]

Post-playing career

On November 3, 2006, the Dayton Dragons, Cincinnati's Single-A affiliate, named Bragg the team's hitting coach for the 2007 season. [10] After lasting two seasons in Dayton, Bragg was the Reds' minor league outfield coordinator for 10 years. He became the Triple-A Louisville Bats bench coach in April 2018. He was the bench coach of the Reds' Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts in 2019. He was the development coach of the Single-A Daytona Tortugas in 2021. [11] [12]

Bragg founded a youth sports training company called "The Hit Club" in Thomaston, Connecticut. [13] [14] He also heads "Thrive Sports and Fitness" in Middlebury, Connecticut.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Bragg resides in Southbury, Connecticut [15] with his three children.

While at Georgia Tech, Bragg was arrested for burglary in Atlanta in 1991. [16] Bragg was arrested in Southbury in 2014 for allegedly punching an off-duty police officer and damaging the officer's car. [15] [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). Cape Cod Baseball League . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Darren Bragg Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference . Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Top 10 biggest trades in Mariners history". MLB.com. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ McAdam, Sean (November 5, 1996). "Sox give up on Hosey, shipping him to Texas". New Bedford Standard-Times. New England Sports Service. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mack getting lost on the bench". Hartford Courant. May 9, 1997. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Lewis vows to be ready". Hartford Courant. September 30, 1998. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Surprising show of outfield power". Hartford Courant. August 30, 1998. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Cards Sign Outfielder Bragg". CBS News. January 12, 1999. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ Hermoso, Rafael (June 13, 2001). "Yankees Notebook; Spencer Is Recalled And Bragg Is Claimed". The New York Times . p. 2. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
  10. ↑ Lack, Bill (November 3, 2006). "Reds announce partial field staff for Dayton Dragons". Redleg Nation. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  11. ↑ Cincinnati Reds 2021 Media Guide. March 25, 2021. p. 238.
  12. ↑ "Darren Bragg - MLB, Minor League, Independent, College Baseball Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  13. ↑ "MLB player shares baseball experiences". Daily Record. December 8, 2010. p. 25. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Welcome to the Hit Club". thehitclub.com. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  15. 1 2 Dhanoa, Feroze (November 3, 2014). "Southbury Resident and Former MLB Player Darren Bragg Arrested". Southbury, CT Patch . Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Two Ga. Tech Baseball Stars Are Arrested". The Seattle Times. The Associated Press. May 25, 1991. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  17. ↑ Shugarts, Jonathan; Gardner, Chris (November 1, 2014). "Darren Bragg arrested". The Republican-American. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014.
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