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Brad Arnsberg
Full Name: Bradley James Arnsberg
Title: Pitching Coach

Bio:
APPOINTED: Named as the Pitching Coach for the Toronto Blue Jays on October 4, 2004.

PERSONAL: Bradley James Arnsberg Married with two children Graduated in 1981 from Medford High School in Medford, Orgeon where he lettered in baseball, basketball and football Pitched two seasons at Merced Junior College, earning All-League honours and a selection as the Northern California Player of the Year in 1983.

PLAYING CAREER: Signed by the New York Yankees after being selected in the first round of the 1983 June Free Agent Draft Before signing with the Yankees had previously been drafted by Cleveland, St. Louis, Baltimore and California Pitched ten seasons between 1984 and 1993 spending time in the systems of the Yankees, Rangers, Indians, Cubs, Athletics and Cardinals Between 1986 and 1992 enjoyed five stints in the Major Leagues compiling a 9-6 record with six saves and a 4.26 ERA in 94 games, including four starts...1984: Spent his first professional season in Greensboro, allowing only 121 hits in 158.2 IP.... 1985: Named as the Yankees Minor League Pitcher of the Year and the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year after posting a 14-2 record with a 1.59 ERA with Double-A Albany.... 1986:After spending much of the season at Columbus (AAA) made his Major League debut in relief with the Yankees on September 6 against the Angels.... 1987-88: Was selected as the International League Pitcher of the Year while pitching with Columbus after leading the league with nine complete games Recalled to the Yankees on July 23He earned his first career Major League win on August 5 against Cleveland Placed on the disabled list on August 27 with a right elbow injury that kept him out for the remainder of that season and all of 1988 Was acquired by Texas on November 10, 1987 in trade for Don Slaught... 1989-91: Pitched for the Rangers for three seasons, dividing his time between the Major League team and the clubs Triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City Enjoyed his most successful season in 1990 when he posted a 6-1 record with five saves in 53 appearances His 2.15 ERA that season ranked fourth-best among AL pitchersEarned the save on Nolan Ryans 300th career win on July 31 at Milwaukee... 1992: Signed with Cleveland as a free agent, appearing in eight Major League games... 1993: Completed his professional career, dividing time between three Triple-A affiliate clubs in Tacoma, Indianapolis and Louisville.

COACHING CAREER: 1994: Began his coaching career overseas, spending one season as a player/coach with the Wei-Chen Dragons of the Taiwan Professional Baseball League. 1995-96: Made his return to the Rangers organization in for the first of two seasons as the pitching coach for Charleston in the South Atlantic League (A). 1997-98: Moved on to Double-A Tulsa , where he spent two seasons as the teams pitching coach. 1999: Following the 1998 season, was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City where he spent the 1999 season as the clubs pitching coach... The Redhawks posted an 83-59 record in capturing the Eastern Division title in the Pacific Coast League. 2000: Named as the Bullpen Coach for the Montreal Expos on November 5, 1999... Began the 2000 season in that capacity, but was promoted to Pitching Coach on July 20, 2000 succeeding Bobby Cuellar. 2001: Continued as pitching coach with the Expos...Under his direction the Expos pitching staff lowered its team ERA from 5.13 to 4.68 from one year to the next. 2002-03: Named as the Pitching Coach for the Florida Marlins prior to the 2002 season... Remained in that post until May 10, 2003 when he was dismissed along with then-manager Jeff Torborg. 2004: Joined the Blue Jays organization on November 3, 2003 accepting an appointment as pitching coach for the Clubs Class AAA affiliate in the International League, the Syracuse SkyChiefs. 2005-08: Named as the Blue Jays Pitching Coach on October 4, 2004. 2009: Returns in the same capacity as pitching coach for a fifth consecutive season.