Austis Gibbs

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Austis A. GIbbs

  • Bats Left, Throws Left
  • Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Austis Gibbs played for the Netherlands Antilles national team and in the minors. He was a scout, minor league hitting coach and then coached in the Netherlands.

Born in Curaçao, he moved to Aruba at a young age. [1] He played for the Dutch Antilles in the 1983 Pan American Games. [2] He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers and hit .188/.337/.290 for the 1984 GCL Dodgers, then improved to .256/.297/.416 for them in 1985. He later played for the Tigres del Licey in the Dominican League and Tigres de Aragua in the Venezuelan League. [3] He scouted for the Dodgers and Minnesota Twins and was a minor league coach in the Twins system. [4] He later coached youth baseball in the Netherlands, starting in 2019. He became head coach of HCAW for 2021 but was fired shortly before the season began due to trust issues. [5]

Sources[edit]

  1. ↑ Marco Stoovelaar's Dutch baseball site
  2. ↑ Pan American Games researcher Bill Mallon
  3. ↑ Marco Stoovelaar's Dutch baseball site
  4. ↑ ibid.
  5. ↑ Marco Stoovelaar article on Gibbs' firing
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