Researching Eric Wedge
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 886 people with the Wedge surname? In that year Wedge was ranked number 2698 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eric means "ever-powerful" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Eric Wedge on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eric Wedge and the Wedge Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1073 people with the Wedge surname in the UK? Wedge is now ranked number 3040 for popularity in the UK. |
Wedge Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Wedge surname in the USA? Wedge is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Eric Wedge
Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968) is an American baseball coach and manager and former catcher, who is the head baseball coach at Wichita State University.
As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983. He went on to attend Wichita State, and played on the Shockers team that won the 1989 College World Series. From 1989–1997 he played in the minor league systems of the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies, and played in 39 major league games with the Red Sox and Rockies between 1991 and 1994.
Wedge managed in the Cleveland Indians minor league system from 1998–2002 before being named manager of the Indians for the 2003 season. He led the Indians to a postseason berth in 2007, and won the American League Manager of the Year Award that year. He managed the Indians through the 2009 season. He then managed the Seattle Mariners from 2011 to 2013, and then worked as player development advisor for the Toronto Blue Jays from 2016 to 2019.
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