Terry Steinbach

Terry Steinbach is a former MLB catcher and current coach for the Minnesota Twins. Steinbachrose to baseball prominence as a third baseman at the University of Minnesota, where he wasnamed Co-Player of the Year in the Big 10 Conference in 1983. After being drafted by theAthletics in 1983, Steinbach would play in the minor leagues for three years until making hisMLB debut in 1986. During his time in the minors, the Athletics switched Steinbach to catcher, amove that would place him at his position for the rest of his career. In his first career game,Steinbach hit a homerun during his first career at bat, cementing himself as the starting catcherfor the Athletics who would go on to win three straight American League pennants from 1988to 1990. Steinbach had careeryear in 1996, hitting 35 homeruns and driving in 100 RBIs, andwas named an All-Star in 1988, 1989, and 1993. Steinbach signed with his hometownMinnesota Twins in 1997, playing with them until 1999 when he retired as a player. In 2013, theTwins brought back Steinbach as a bench and hitting coach, and he serves that position to thisday.