Gregg Ritchie

Gregory Allen Ritchie (born January 25, 1964) is an American baseball player and coach. He is the head coach of the George Washington Colonials baseball team. He played for the Brother Elephants in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1995 and coached the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball in 2013.

Gregg Ritchie
Ritchie in 1988
George Washington Colonials
Head Baseball Coach
Born: (1964-01-25) January 25, 1964
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
CPBL statistics
Batting average.200
Home runs0
Runs batted in1
Teams
As player

As coach

Playing career

The San Francisco Giants selected Ritchie in the eighth round, with the 188th overall pick, of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the Giants' minor league system from 1986 to 1992, reaching Triple-A. In 1995, he played in the Texas Rangers organization.

Coaching career

In 1996, Ritchie became a hitting coach in the Chicago White Sox minor league system, working for the Bristol White Sox of the Appalachian League in 1996 and 1997, the Winston-Salem Warthogs of the Carolina League in 1999, the Burlington Bees of the Midwest League in 2000, the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League from 2000–2003, and the Charlotte Knights of the International League from 2003 through 2005. In 2006, Ritchie joined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization as their roving minor league hitting coordinator.

Ritchie was named the hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 2011 season.[1] He was also their hitting coach for the 2012 season. On October 11, 2012, he was announced as the head baseball coach for George Washington.[2] In his first season, he was named the 2013 A-10 Coach of the Year.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Ritchie's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[3]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
George Washington Colonials (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2013–present)
2013 George Washington 26–3215–9t-5thA-10 Tournament
2014 George Washington 20–3012–15t-8th
2015 George Washington 32–2213–106thA-10 Tournament
2016 George Washington 24–3312–127thA-10 Tournament
2017 George Washington 31–2714–104thA-10 Tournament
2018 George Washington 32–2613–11T-7thA-10 Tournament
2019 George Washington 30–2411–139th
2020 George Washington 8–80–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 George Washington 26–1814–103rd (South)
2022 George Washington 22–3010–14T-8th
2023 George Washington 21–3411–128th
George Washington: 272–284125–117
Total:272–284

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Gregg Ritchie named George Washington's new head baseball coach | Stafford County Sun". Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  3. "2013 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 31, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
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