Jon Nunnally | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1971 |
Birth Place: | Pelham, North Carolina, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | April 26 |
Debutyear: | 1995 |
Debutteam: | Kansas City Royals |
Debut2league: | NPB |
Debut2date: | June 28 |
Debut2year: | 2000 |
Debut2team: | Orix BlueWave |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | May 31 |
Finalyear: | 2000 |
Finalteam: | New York Mets |
Final2league: | NPB |
Final2date: | October 16 |
Final2year: | 2000 |
Final2team: | Orix BlueWave |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .246 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 42 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 125 |
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Jonathan Keith Nunnally (born November 9, 1971) is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played in the major leagues from 1995-2000. He also played part of 2000 with the Orix BlueWave in Japan.
Nunnally's major-league career began in 1995, after the Kansas City Royals drafted him from the Cleveland Indians' organization in the 1994 Rule 5 draft. He made his debut on April 29, 1995, hitting a home run off of New York Yankees pitcher Melido Perez in his first at-bat.
In, while playing for the Indianapolis Indians in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, Nunnally tested positive for steroids, and received a 15-game suspension,[1] in what would be Nunnally's last season as a professional player.
After retiring, Nunnally went into coaching. He worked in the Cleveland Indians organization starting in . On December 8, 2009, he was named the new hitting coach for the Indians, a position he held until being fired on June 19, 2011.[2]
On January 7, 2013, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that Nunnally would be the hitting coach for their Triple-A affiliate Buffalo Bisons.[3] He was moved to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats hitting coach on January 13, 2014.[4]
In January 2015, he was hired as the hitting coach for the Salem Red Sox, a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.[5] In January 2016, he was announced as the hitting coach of the Portland Sea Dogs.[6]
In February 2018, he was announced as the outfield and base running coordinator for the Los Angeles Angels farm system.[7]
In 2019, he joined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and served as the hitting coach for the Altoona Curve.[8] Before the 2020 season, he was announced as the hitting coach for the Indianapolis Indians.[9] In 2022, Nunnally was again named Hitting Coach for the Altoona Curve.[10]