Rich Gedman Player Development Hitting Advisor
AGE: 65 BORN: September 26, 1959 in Worcester, MA RESIDES: Framingham, MA
Boston Red Sox and Worcester Red Sox Hall of Famer Rich Gedman, who grew up around the corner from Polar Park on Lafayette Street in Worcester, MA, was the first hitting coach in WooSox history in 2021 and handled those duties through the 2024 season. In 2025 he has been promoted to a new role as Boston’s Player Development Hitting Advisor and will again work with his hometown team when the WooSox play at Polar Park. Rich’s mark of 10 seasons as Red Sox Triple-A hitting coach (dating back to Pawtucket in 2015 through 2024 in Worcester) is easily the longest tenure of any Red Sox Triple-A hitting coach in franchise history. The 2024 WooSox set new Boston Red Sox Triple-A records for Most Runs (they scored 869 runs to pass the previous record of 840 set by the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1996), Most RBI (808 RBI eclipsing the mark of 790 set by the PawSox in 1996), Most Walks (by batters) with 786 bettering the previous mark of 721 set by the WooSox last year, and Most Hit by Pitch (by batters) with 94 to break the previous record of 85 set in 2023. The WooSox led the International League in Runs, RBI, Walks, On-Base Pct. (369), and were 2nd in OPS (.795). And Worcester batters finished 5th in the 20-team International League with their .259 team batting average. 2023 Worcester Red Sox batters broke the all-time Boston Red Sox Triple-A record for Most HR in a season belting a total of 215 home runs to beat the 1996 PawSox who owned the previous Red Sox Triple-A mark with 209 HR. During the 2023 season the WooSox also established a new Red Sox Triple-A record for Most Stolen Bases in a season with 197 SB. David Hamilton had 57 stolen bases to set a new all-time Boston Red Sox Triple-A record. In his four seasons with the WooSox, “Geddy” has helped players such as Triston Casas, Jarren Duran, Connor Wong, Wilyer Abreu, David Hamilton, and Ceddanne Rafaela produce fine offensive seasons and all earn promotions from Worcester to Boston. Gedman was elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame (Class of 2020 along with David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez) and was officially enshrined prior to a game at Fenway Park during the 2022 season. He was voted to the new WooSox Hall of Fame in February of 2024 and was inducted prior to the September 15 game at Polar Park last season. Rich began his professional baseball career in 1977 when he was signed by Boston as a non-drafted free agent out of St. Peter-Marian High School in Worcester. He played 13 major league seasons with the Red Sox (1980-90), Astros (1990), and Cardinals (1991-
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