{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1967)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Tim Naehring |image=Tim Naehring on Free Agency, more contact from hitters (Aq11MOvNeU0).png |caption=Naehring at the [[Winter Meetings]] in 2022 |position=[[Infielder]] |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1967|2|1}} |birth_place=[[Cincinnati, Ohio]], U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 15 |debutyear=1990 |debutteam=Boston Red Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 23 |finalyear=1997 |finalteam=Boston Red Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value=.282 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s |stat2value=49 |stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |stat3value=250 |teams= *[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{by|1990}}–{{by|1997}}) }} '''Timothy James Naehring''' (born February 1, 1967) is an American former [[Major League Baseball]] [[infielder]] who played for the [[Boston Red Sox]] from 1990 to 1997, and who currently works in the [[Front office (sports)|front office]] of the [[New York Yankees]].
==Amateur career== Naehring graduated from [[La Salle High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|La Salle High School]], and attended [[Miami University]]. In 1987, he played [[collegiate summer baseball]] with the [[Cotuit Kettleers]] of the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Professional career== Naehring was selected by the Red Sox in the 8th round of the [[1988 Major League Baseball Draft|1988 amateur draft]]. He made his major league debut on July 15, 1990 against the [[Kansas City Royals]]. [[File:Tim Naehring (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Naehring with the Red Sox in 1996]] In his years as a starter, Naehring was a fine-fielding third baseman and solid all-around offensive player. He hit .307 with 10 HR and 57 RBI for the [[AL East]] Champion Red Sox in 1995. The following season, he hit .288 and set career highs with 17 HR and 65 RBI. In his final campaign in 1997, Naehring was on his way to having his finest season, as he batted .286 with 9 HR and 40 RBI through just 70 games, but a shoulder injury forced him to miss more than half the games that year. He played his final game on June 23, 1997, against the [[Toronto Blue Jays]]. Naehring homered in his second to last at bat.
==Post-playing career== After retiring, Naehring was hired as player development director by the [[Cincinnati Reds]]. He later was promoted to [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] field coordinator replacing Bob Miscik, who was dismissed in February 2006 by the club. In September {{By|2007}}, Cincinnati fired Naehring and assistant director of player development Grant Griesser as well as several minor league instructors, coaches and managers as part of a major overhaul of their minor league system.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3014892 |title=Reds claim catcher off waivers, revamp minor league coordinators | date=2007-09-11 |publisher=[[ESPN]] | author= |access-date=2008-05-26}}</ref> Naehring was hired by the [[New York Yankees]] as a [[scout (sport)|scout]] in December 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2007/12/angels_pose_a_t.html |title=Angels pose a threat for Santana | date=2007-12-04 |publisher=[[Boston Globe]]|author-link=Nick Cafardo | author=Nick Cafardo |access-date=2025-09-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007004352/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2007/12/angels_pose_a_t.html |archivedate=October 7, 2008}}</ref> He became the Vice President of Baseball Operations in 2015, succeeding [[Billy Eppler]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/yankees-promote-tim-naehring-to-vice-president-of-baseball-operations | title=Yankees promote Tim Naehring to vice president of baseball operations | date=October 25, 2015 }}</ref>
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