Eastern Michigan Athletics
Former EMU Catcher Hoiles Named to Spring Traning Staff
1/26/2012 3:22:00 PM | Baseball
Chris Hoiles will serve as an instructor on the Baltimore Orioles spring training staff
BALTIMORE, Md. (EMUEagles.com)– Former Eastern Michigan University and Major League Baseball catcher Chris Hoiles will spend the first few months of the 2012 baseball season as a spring training instructor with the Baltimore Orioles. Hoiles will likely work at both the major and minor leagues camps, assisting with catching and hitting instruction.
"I'm very excited about it," Hoiles said. "This is an opportunity I've been waiting for and I really look forward to getting in and helping any way I can, whether it's catching, pitching or hitting. And it doesn't matter at what level, major league or minor league. I'm going to make the most of it and try to help these guys out with the knowledge and experience I have, and having been through the whole organization before."
"This is what I wanted. Just get a foot in the door and be part of the organization. And whatever moves are made down the road, I'm already in the organization. A lot of times they hire from within, and at least now I'm in it instead of being on the outside. I'll show them what I can do and work my butt off, and if something opens up later, maybe I'll be in the running."
Hoiles, a standout catcher with the then-Hurons from 1984-86, still ranks in the top-10 in numerous EMU statistical categories including: career RBI (sixth; 130), single-season RBI (second; 70), career home runs (fourth; 34), single-season home runs (second; 19), and career batting average (sixth; .353).
A 19th-round pick of the Detroit Tigers in the 1986 MLB Draft, Hoiles' played parts of 10 major league seasons from 1989-98 with the Baltimore Orioles. He tallied a career batting average of .262, with an impressive .833 on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) over 3,338 plate appearances. In 1993, he hit a career-high .310 and finished 16th in American League Most Valuable Player voting.
"I'm very excited about it," Hoiles said. "This is an opportunity I've been waiting for and I really look forward to getting in and helping any way I can, whether it's catching, pitching or hitting. And it doesn't matter at what level, major league or minor league. I'm going to make the most of it and try to help these guys out with the knowledge and experience I have, and having been through the whole organization before."
"This is what I wanted. Just get a foot in the door and be part of the organization. And whatever moves are made down the road, I'm already in the organization. A lot of times they hire from within, and at least now I'm in it instead of being on the outside. I'll show them what I can do and work my butt off, and if something opens up later, maybe I'll be in the running."
Hoiles, a standout catcher with the then-Hurons from 1984-86, still ranks in the top-10 in numerous EMU statistical categories including: career RBI (sixth; 130), single-season RBI (second; 70), career home runs (fourth; 34), single-season home runs (second; 19), and career batting average (sixth; .353).
A 19th-round pick of the Detroit Tigers in the 1986 MLB Draft, Hoiles' played parts of 10 major league seasons from 1989-98 with the Baltimore Orioles. He tallied a career batting average of .262, with an impressive .833 on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) over 3,338 plate appearances. In 1993, he hit a career-high .310 and finished 16th in American League Most Valuable Player voting.
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