Orioles: Brandon Hyde Stats as Player & Coaching Bio

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Looking into the playing career, as well as the managing career of new Baltimore Orioles manager Brandon Hyde.

At the trade deadline last year, the Baltimore Orioles began deconstructing their team. Jonathan Schoop was traded, as was Manny Machado, Zach Britton, and several other players. Adam Jones hung around until the end of the season, but this offseason, he’s meeting with teams to decide his next move. At the top, the O’s also made big changes, exiling Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette after the season wrapped up. Now, they’re working on building from the ground up; Mike Elias was tabbed as the Orioles GM, who then hired Brandon Hyde as the team’s manager. But to those who aren’t baseball gurus, Hyde is a name that results in a bunch of question marks. Here, we’ll dive into Brandon Hyde’s career through his stats as a player, as well as his climb to the O’s managing position.

Hyde, like nearly every MLB manager, was a professional baseball player once upon a time. From 1997-2000, he played in the Chicago White Sox farm system as a first baseman and catcher, reaching as high as Triple-A before finishing his career in independent ball.

Brandon Hyde Career Stats as Player:

Seasons: 5
Games: 200
BA: .252
HR: 15
RBI: 104
OPS: .768

Brandon Hyde Stats at Highest Level (AAA):

Games: 9
BA: .130
HR: 1
RBI: 4
OPS: .490

After his career as a player finished in 2001, he spent five seasons managing in the minors, finishing above .500 just two times (2008 in Single-A; 2009 in Double-A). In 2009, however, he led the Double-A Jacksonville Suns to a championship in the Southern League.

Brandon Hyde Career Record as Manager:

Seasons: 6
Games: 694
Wins: 351
Losses: 343

On the strength of his 2009 title with Jacksonville, the Florida Marlins organization bumped Hyde up to a job with the big league club. By 2011, he was a full-time bench coach, even serving as manager for one game when Edwin Rodriguez resigned. In 2012, he continued his climb up the latter, moving from the Florida Marlins organization to the Chicago Cubs organization. Under Joe Maddon, Hyde and the Cubs won a World Series in 2016, leaving Hyde as one of the premier coaching candidates on the market.

Sitting under Joe Maddon is a big deal, so that should mean the Orioles are in good hands. Hopefully, the front office allows things to grow organically and not expect results right away. This is a full-on rebuild that will take a few years, at least.