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| Seattle Mariners – No. 86 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born: (1965-11-12) November 12, 1965 (age 59) Palm Springs, California | |||||||||||||||
| Bats: LeftThrows: Right | |||||||||||||||
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Steve James Hecht (born November 12, 1965, in Palm Springs, California) is a performance coach for the Seattle Mariners. His job is to focus on mental training. Hecht spent three years as the Texas Rangers' performance coach.
He previously played in the Minor Leagues and has a degree in psychology.
Playing career
He previously played in the San Francisco Giants organization, the Montreal Expos organization, the Texas Rangers organization and the Detroit Tigers organization. He played one season at the Short-season level, two seasons at the Class-A level, four seasons at the Double-A level and six season at the Triple-A level.
In eight professional seasons he batted .273 with 721 hits, 116 doubles, 49 triples and 31 home runs in 807 games.
Coaching career
Texas Rangers
In 2005 Hecht was hired as the Rangers' performance coach. His task was to focus on the players mental health. He held that position until 2009
Seattle Mariners
Hecht was hired by the Mariners in 2009 to be the performance coach. He now is a performance coach for the Baltimore Orioles since 2013 per his LinkedIn.
References
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference.
| Horizon League Baseball Player of the Year | |
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Palm Springs, California
- Baseball players from Riverside County, California
- Everett Giants players
- San Jose Giants players
- Phoenix Firebirds players
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- Indianapolis Indians players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball players
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- Baseball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in baseball
- 20th-century American sportsmen