Gary Thurman
Gary Montez Thurman is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played for nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, and New York Mets. He was drafted by the Royals in the 1st round of the 1983 amateur draft. Thurman played his first professional season with their Rookie league Gulf Coast Royals in 1983, and his last with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's Triple-A affiliate, the Vancouver Canadians, in 1998.
He was the coordinator of baserunning for the Cleveland Indians in 2008–11.
He was the first base/outfield/base-running coach for the Miami Marlins for the 2012 season.
He was the outfield/baserunning coordinator for the Washington Nationals for the 2017 season.
