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Sean Berry will enter his fourth season as the Astros
hitting coach in 2009. Berry was appointed to the role on an
interim basis on July 12, 2006 and was appointed to the role
full-time following the season. He spent 2005 and the first
half of the 2006 season as the clubs minor league hitting
coordinator. A veteran of 11 Major League seasons, Berry
returned to the Astros organization in 2003 and spent two
seasons on the Double A Round Rock coaching staff. During
three seasons as the Astros third baseman from 1996-98, he
hit .283 with 39 home runs and 190 RBI.
Berrys best season with the Astros happened in 1996,
when he hit .281 with 17 home runs and 95 RBI. He also spent
two seasons with Kansas City (1990-91), four with Montreal
(1992-95), 1999 and part of 2000 with Milwaukee, and one
game in 2000 with Boston.
Originally selected by Kansas City in the first round of
the 1986 draft, Sean hit .272 with 81 home runs and 369 runs
batted in while playing in 860 career Major League games.
Berry and his wife, Linda, live in Paso Robles, Calif., with son
Tanner and daughter Madeline.
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