Anthony Sanders
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Anthony Marcus Sanders (born March 2, 1974) is an American professional baseball former outfielder and current coach. He is the first base coach for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (MLB) for the Yokohama BayStars.
Career
As a member of the United States national baseball team, Sanders won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1997, Sanders' wife was killed in a skiing accident.[1] He joined the Colorado Rockies organization as the Tri-City ValleyCats hitting coach in 2007, and served in that role through 2012.[2] In 2013, Sanders was promoted to manager of the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, and was named the circuit's 2014 manager of the year.[3][4] He spent the 2013 through 2015 seasons as the Grand Junction manager. He served as the supervisor with the Class A Advanced Lancaster JetHawks in 2016 and 2017.[2] In the latter of those two seasons, the JetHawks achieved 326 stolen bases, with at least 30 each from six of its players including Garrett Hampson, Sam Hilliard and Yonathan Daza.[5] In 2018 and 2019, Sanders served as the Rockies outfield and baserunning coordinator.[6][7]
He was named the Baltimore Orioles first base coach following the 2019 season.[8]
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