Ron Washington

Ron Washington is one of those baseball lifers who makes you realize the sport runs deeper than stats — this guy played for five different teams across a twelve-year career as a utility infielder, grinding it out in the bigs when nobody was handing him anything, and then turned around and spent decades pouring that hard-won knowledge into coaching. His run as manager of the Texas Rangers is what really put him on the map for me: back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011, built on a blue-collar toughness that absolutely reflected his New Orleans roots. There's something about the way he moves in the dugout — that constant rhythm, that energy — that tells you this man genuinely loves baseball in his bones. Still coaching in his seventies. That's not a job, that's a calling.

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Name (English)

Ron Washington

Name (Japanese)

ロン・ワシントン

Reading

ろん・わしんとん

Born

April 29, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

baseball player / baseball coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

High school

John McDonogh High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Washington
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108980

Tags

• Louisiana
• baseball player
• baseball coach

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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