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Joe Vavra
Joseph Alan Vavra (born November 16, 1959 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) is an American professional baseball coach. A member of the coaching staff of the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball since , Vavra will serve as the Twins' bench coach in . He formerly was the club's third base coach (2013–2014) and hitting instructor (2006–2012).
==Playing career==
Vavra graduated in 1978 from Chippewa Falls High School where he was a captain and MVP baseball player his senior season. He played collegiate baseball for the University of Wisconsin–Stout from 1978 to 1982. He graduated with a degree in Industrial Technology.
Vavra was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1982 amateur player draft out of college. He played five years in the Dodger farm system making it to the AAA level in 1986. He never played in the major leagues due to two injuries. The first happened in his last triple A game when a runner's cleat shattered his thumb when Vavra attempted to tag the runner. The second and final setback was when Vavra fell ill with Desert Fever (Coccidioidomycosis), a disease that eats at the lungs. Vavra finished the year and had to stop playing. Vavra has now been in Major League Baseball for over 20 years and is an assistant coach for the Minnesota Twins.
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