Midwest League Managers

Bruce Kimm

One Midwest League season:

Manager, Cedar Rapids [Reds] (1983)

Playing Career

Signed: White Sox, seventh round, 1969 (Catcher; Norway, Iowa, HS).
Professional Career: Twelve years in the White Sox and Tigers organizations; appeared in 186 major league games with the Tigers, Cubs, and White Sox. (Kimm was the catcher for most of Mark Fidrich's major league starts.)
- Kimm's major league career.
Midwest League: Played at Appleton in 1970 and 1971.

Management style

There's nothing particularly unusual about Kimm's management style, as evidenced by his minor league record. His teams' baserunning skills seem to have been generally poor, however.

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Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
Bruce Edward Kimm
DOB: June 29, 1951			Cedar Rapids, Iowa

2003	Chicago	American (ML)	White Sox	Third Base Coach
2002*	Chicago	National (ML)	Cubs	78	*	*	*	*	*	33	45	.423
2002*	Iowa	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Cubs	89	*	*	*	*	*	44	45	.494
2001	Iowa	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Cubs	143	4	36	176	.64	57	83	60	.580
			Playoff Qualifier
2000	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Major League Scout
1999	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Bench Coach
1998	Florida	National (ML)	Marlins	Bullpen Coach
1997	Florida	National (ML)	Marlins	Bullpen Coach
1996	Orlando	Southern (AA)	Cubs	139	6	35	190	.61	36	61	78	.439
1995	Orlando	Southern (AA)	Cubs	143	6	54	156	.53	50	76	67	.531
			Playoff Qualifier; Manager of the Year
1994	Richmond	International (AAA)	Braves	Third Base Coach
1993	Greenville	Southern (AA)	Braves	142	7	34	176	.55	43	75	67	.528
1992	San Diego	National (ML)	Padres	Third Base Coach
1991	San Diego	National (ML)	Padres	Coach
1990	Pittsburgh	National (ML)	Pirates	Coach/Coordinator of Minor League Instruction
1989	Pittsburgh	National (ML)	Pirates	Bench Coach
1988	Cincinnati	National (ML)	Reds	Coach
1987	Cincinnati	National (ML)	Reds	Coach
1986	Cincinnati	National (ML)	Reds	Coach
1985	Cincinnati	National (ML)	Reds	Coach
1984	Cincinnati	National (ML)	Reds	Coach
1983	Cedar Rapids	Midwest (A)	Reds	140	22	25	250	.68	44	76	64	.543
			Playoff Qualifier
1982	Lakeland	Florida State (A+)	Tigers	138	35	37	150	.68	42	65	68	.489
1981
1969-80				Playing Career

Majors	1 Season			78	---	---	---	---	---	33	45	.423
Coach	13 Seasons
Minors	7 Seasons			934	80	221	1098	.62	272	480	449	.517
Scout	2 Seasons

Total	6 (22) Seasons			1012	80	221	1098	.62	272	513	494	.509

*Kimm shared the manager's post on this team.
Some statistics are not currently available.

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Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here. Retrosheet

1983 Midwest League Managers
Bialas	Boles	Coleman	Cox
Fischer	Gomez	Harrison	Hodge
Kimm	Lachemann	Manuel	Nordbrook

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Midwest League Managers

Bruce Kimm

Playing Career

Management style

Bruce Edward Kimm

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources