Bruce Crabbe

Bruce Walker Crabbe (born February 14, 1962, at Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional baseball manager and coach. In , he will serve as manager of the Salem Red Sox, Class A Carolina League affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, after spending as skipper of the Lowell Spinners, the Red Sox' Short Season-A affiliate in the New York-Penn League, his second term in that post.
Crabbe graduated from West Orange High School, Winter Garden, Florida, and attended the University of Florida where he played baseball and received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. A third baseman and second baseman primarily, Crabbe played professionally in the farm systems of the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays from 1984-92, compiling a career batting average of .278 in 2,558 at bats. He played at the Triple-A level for the Iowa Cubs, Richmond Braves and Syracuse Chiefs. Crabbe threw and batted right-handed, standing 6 feet 2 inches (1.9 m) tall and weighing 175 pounds (79 kg).
His professional coaching career began in women's baseball as the director of player development and scouting and infield coach of the Colorado Silver Bullets from 1995-97. He then returned to minor league baseball as a manager, infield instructor and batting coach in the Texas Rangers' system from 1998-2004. As manager of the Rookie-level Pulaski Rangers from 1998-2001, he was named Appalachian League Manager of the Year in . In 2005 he joined the Red Sox system as a coach with the Class A Wilmington Blue Rocks. He managed Lowell for the first time in and then worked as the Red Sox' minor league infield coordinator from 2007-09. Crabbe lives in Ashburn, Virginia.

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