Kevin Cash

Kevin Cash

Kevin Forrest Cash is the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. Previously, Cash played catcher in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros. He was the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians before being hired as the Rays’ manager in December 2014. Cash played for Northside Little League in Tampa, Florida.

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Summary Kevin CashKevin Forrest Cash is the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. Previously, Cash played catcher in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros. He was the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians before being hired as the Rays’ manager in December 2014. Cash played for Northside Little League in Tampa, Florida, as a second baseman on the team that reached the 1989 Little League World Series. He later played college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team under head coach Mike Martin. As a player, Cash was listed at 6 feet 0 inches and 200 pounds ; he batted and threw right-handed. He batted. 299 with a career on-base plus slugging of. 923. He also appeared in two College World Series for Florida State, including a second-place finish in 1999, when he was voted second-team All American at third base by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Cash began his professional playing career in 2000 with the Hagerstown Suns, a Class A farm team of the Blue Jays. He reached the Triple-A level in 2002. Cash first played in MLB during the 2002 season, appearing in seven games for Toronto. He went on to appear in a total of 101 games with theBlue Jays from 2002 through 2004, mainly as a backup catcher and defensive replacement, batting. 173 with five home runs and 29 RBIs. After the 2004 season, he was traded to the then-Tampa Bay Devilrays for pitcher Chad Gaudin. With the Devil Rays in 2005, Cash appeared in 13 games, batting 161 with two home runs, and two RBIs; his one hit was a home run. On September 5, 2009, Cash announced his retirement from baseball. On January 5, 2010, Cash signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros, but soon changed his mind and retired. On May 8, 2011, Cash called up to the Yankees due to injuries to both Jorge Posada and José Molina.