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Fredi Jesus González (born January 28, 1964) is the current manager of the Atlanta Braves in Major League Baseball. Gonzalez was the manager of the Florida Marlins from 2007 to 2010. For the four years prior to 2007, he was third base coach for the Atlanta Braves. Gonzalez barely missed the playoffs in his first season as manager in 2011, and guided the Braves to the postseason in 2012 and 2013. ==Biography== Gonzalez was born in Holguín, Cuba to Fredi and Caridad González. He grew up in Miami, Florida, where he attended Southridge High School. He was signed by the New York Yankees after being their 16th selection in the 1982 amateur draft. He spent six years as a catcher in the Yankees farm system, though never advancing above the AA level. After two years as a graduate assistant coach for the University of Tennessee Volunteers he began his managerial career in , taking over the Miami Miracle of the Florida State League. González continued with the Miracle into until he joined the Florida Marlins organization in 1992. He was chosen to be the first coach to instruct the first Marlins prospects of the franchise assigned to the Erie Sailors minor league team. González coached throughout the Marlins organization, including a 1997 stop as manager of the Portland Sea Dogs, the AA Eastern League affiliate of the Marlins; he managed the Sea Dogs to a first-place finish in the Eastern League's Northern Division, with a record of 79–63. He moved to the big league club in 1999 as third base coach for the 1999 and 2000 seasons. After leaving the Marlins, González spent with the Braves' Richmond affiliate, and moved up to the major league Atlanta club early in the season. On October 3, 2006, González was named the manager of the Florida Marlins within hours of Joe Girardi being fired. González was named as a coach for the 2007 NL All-Star Team, replacing Willie Randolph who was undergoing shoulder surgery. After a victory against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010, González had won more games than any other manager in Marlins history. On 23 June 2010, González was fired as Marlins manager. González led the Marlins to winning seasons in 2008 and 2009, despite working with the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues. The Marlins decided to replace González with Edwin Rodriguez as the interim manager. On October 13, 2010, González was officially named the new manager for the Atlanta Braves, succeeding the retiring Bobby Cox. On October 5, 2012, González managed his first postseason game as a Major League manager. It was a 6-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2012 National League Wild Card Game at Turner Field. González put this game under protest after the Infield Fly Rule was called by umpire Sam Holbrook on a ball that fell in shallow Left Field in the bottom of the eighth inning. González earned his first Major League Postseason win on October 4, 2013 in a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Turner Field in Game 2 of the National League Division Series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fredi González」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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