The Columbus Clippers are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. They are located in Columbus,Ohio,and are named for speedy merchant sailing vessels known as clippers. The team has played their home games at Huntington Park since 2009. They previously played at Cooper Stadium from 1977 to 2008.
William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter III is an American professional baseball manager. He served as manager of the New York Yankees (1992–1995),Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000),Texas Rangers (2003–2006),Baltimore Orioles (2010–2018) and New York Mets (2022–2023). He also is a former professional Minor League Baseball player and television analyst for ESPN and the YES Network.
George Robert "Birdie" Tebbetts was an American professional baseball player,manager,scout and front office executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers,Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians from 1936 to 1952. Tebbets was regarded as the best catcher in the American League in the late 1940s.
Johnny Lane Oates was an American professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles,Atlanta Braves,Philadelphia Phillies,Los Angeles Dodgers,and New York Yankees from 1970 to 1981. During his playing career,Oates was a light-hitting player who was valued for his defensive skills and played most of his career as a reserve player. It was as a big league manager that Oates experienced his greatest success,when,under his leadership,the Texas Rangers won three American League Western Division titles.
Eric Michael Wedge is an American former baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher and manager.
Jack Aloysius McKeon,nicknamed "Trader Jack," is an American former Major League Baseball manager and front-office executive.
William Adam Meyer was an American baseball player and manager. He holds the dubious distinction of having played with,then managed,two of the worst teams in the history of Major League Baseball.
Gary Martin Allenson is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and coach and minor league manager. In 2017,he spent a second stint as manager of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Double-A Eastern League,after serving the previous three seasons in that role with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons of the International League. Both are affiliates of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Howard Rodney "Doc" Edwards,was an American professional baseball catcher,manager,and coach,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Cleveland Indians,Kansas City Athletics,New York Yankees,and Philadelphia Phillies,over parts of five seasons,spanning nine years. Edwards also managed the Indians,for parts of three seasons (1987-1989).
Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo is an American professional baseball manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB),appointed November 4,2016.
Brian James Butterfield is an American professional baseball coach,and a former minor league player,manager and infield instructor. He has coached for the New York Yankees,Arizona Diamondbacks,Toronto Blue Jays,Boston Red Sox,Chicago Cubs,and Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Harry Sterling Wolverton,nicknamed "Fighting Harry",was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball from 1898 through 1905 and 1912. He played for the Chicago Orphans,Philadelphia Phillies,Washington Senators,Boston Beaneaters,and New York Highlanders,primarily as a third baseman. He also managed the Highlanders in 1912.
Frank Michael Verdi was an American professional baseball infielder and longtime manager. He spent his career in minor league baseball,except for a single playing appearance in the Major Leagues for the 1953 New York Yankees. As a player,he was listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and 170 pounds (77 kg);he both batted and threw right-handed. He was selected to the Syracuse Baseball Wall of Fame in 1999 and the International League Hall of Fame in 2008.
David Allen Miley is an American former baseball player and manager.
Gary Robert Tuck is an American former professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played one game in Minor League Baseball as a catcher in 1978. He has coached in the minor leagues and in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees,Florida Marlins,and Boston Red Sox.
Richard John Down was an American professional baseball hitting coach. He was the hitting coach for the New York Yankees,Boston Red Sox,Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,Los Angeles Dodgers,New York Mets,and the Baltimore Orioles.
Thomas Brad "Trey" Hillman is an American professional baseball coach. He has also served as the manager of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League,the Kansas City Royals in the American League and the SK Wyverns in the KBO League. Therefore,he is the only person to have served as manager in these three countries. He has also been a coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers,New York Yankees,Houston Astros,and the Miami Marlins.
Douglas Leonard Holmquist was an American minor league baseball player and manager,as well as Major League Baseball coach for the New York Yankees. He played professionally as a catcher from 1962 to 1965,and later managed and/or coached at the professional level from 1978 to 1985. He led his teams to win league championships in 1980 and 1982.
William Livesey is an American professional baseball manager,scout,and front office executive. He is a special adviser to the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
John Butterfield was an American college baseball coach and professional baseball executive. Butterfield grew up in Westborough,Massachusetts and played college baseball for Maine in the early 1950s and later was the head coach at Maine and South Florida. In the late 1970s,he became an executive in the New York Yankees organization before he died in a car crash in November 1979.
