Vince Stanley Joseph Horsman (born March 9, 1967) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher, who played five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, and Minnesota Twins. Since 2009, he has coached pitching for several Blue Jay minor league affiliates.
| Vince Horsman | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Horsman with the Lansing Lugnuts in 2011 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 9, 1967 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 5, 1991, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 13, 1995, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 4–2 |
| Earned run average | 4.07 |
| Strikeouts | 61 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
On November 3, 2012, Horsman was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.[1]
In 2009, Horsman was the pitching coach for the Blue Jays' short-season Auburn Doubledays. Between 2010 and 2014, he was a part of the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts coaching staff. On December 18, 2014, he was promoted to the (Advanced-A) Dunedin Blue Jays.[2] On January 20, 2016, he was promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats,[3] where he remained until 2019.[citation needed] In 2021 he served as the scouting and senior national team pitching coach for Federazione Italian Baseball Softball League (FIBS), and currently is the pitching coordinator/consultant for the Unilions in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan.
References
edit- ^ Lords of Lugnut the Blue Jays' future[usurped]
- ^ Murray, Tyler (December 18, 2014). "Tamargo, Jr., Horsman join coaching staff". milb.com. Dunedin, Florida: Dunedin Blue Jays. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ^ "Shi Davidi on Twitter". Twitter. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)
- Driver, David. "Ex-O's batting practice pitcher turns pitching coach". Explore Howard. Thursday, July 15, 2010.
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