Born: (1975-08-30) August 30, 1975 (age 48) Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Career statistics
Managerial record
11–22
Winning %
.333
Teams
As coach
Florida / Miami Marlins (2010–2013)
New York Yankees (2015–2017)
Houston Astros (2018–2023)
As manager
Houston Astros (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (2022)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Puerto Rico
World Baseball Classic
2013 San Francisco
Team
2017 Los Angeles
Team
Josue Espada (born August 30, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and former Minor League Baseball player. He is the manager of the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously coached in MLB for the Astros, Miami Marlins, and New York Yankees.
After his playing career, Espada became a minor league coach in the Marlins organization and was promoted to be their third base coach from 2010 to 2013. He then joined the Yankees as a special assistant to General Manager Brian Cashman in 2014. Prior to the 2015 season, the Yankees named Espada their third base coach. The Astros hired Espada as their bench coach after the 2017 season, and promoted him to manager after the 2023 season.
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history. More history was also made as the no-hitter marked manager JoeEspada's first career managerial win, the first such occurrence in MLB history...
manager". USA Today. Retrieved October 25, 2023. "Houston Astros Name JoeEspada The New Manager". Houstonchronicle.com. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November...
named The Ballpark at Union Station, since 2000. The current manager is JoeEspada. There have been 25 managers for the Astros franchise. The team's first...
Dusty Baker retired as manager and the team promoted long-time bench JoeEspada to manager. Three months later, the Philadelphia Eagles lost in Super...
success. His older brother Phil Niekro had started teaching Joe how to throw his knuckleball and Joe was just starting to use it when he came to the Astros...
scandal. Candidates for the position included Showalter, John Gibbons, JoeEspada, and Will Venable. On January 29, Baker became the Astros' third manager...
two walks. Additionally, this was also the Astros first win of 2024 and JoeEspada first managerial win. April 4 Opening Day for all minor league teams....
interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies following the firing of manager Joe Girardi. After leading the Phillies to their first playoff series win since...
2020. Baker announced his retirement after 2023 postseason. Bench Coach JoeEspada was promoted to manager on November 13, 2023. Playing under various names...
Angels as a coach in 2022 and became interim manager after the firing of Joe Maddon. On October 5, 2022, the Angels signed him to a one year contract...
manager Eduardo Pérez, who had reportedly sought to name Astros bench coach JoeEspada to the position. The winner of eight consecutive Gold Gloves, Molina was...
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manager A. J. Hinch ejected by umpire Joe West". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 1, 2017. "MLB Ejection 155 - Joe West (2; A. J. Hinch)". Close Call...
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to be the assistant hitting coach. In addition, the Yankees also hired JoeEspada to be their third base coach. On January 13, the Yankees acquired reliever...
img.mlbstatic.com. "Astros Fire AJ Hinch, Jeff Luhnow for Cheating; JoeEspada to be Interim Manager". Bleacher Report. "Astros sign Baker, emphasize...
Miami Marlins December 13: Signed free agent right-handed relief pitcher Joe Smith to a two-year contract worth $14 million. Justin Verlander was the...
Joshua Rojas. From the Toronto Blue Jays, the Astros received right-handers Joe Biagini and Aaron Sanchez and minor league OF Cal Stevenson for OF Derek...
pitching 6 scoreless innings, striking out 5, while allowing 4 hits and 2 BB. Joe Kelly (1–1) recorded the win for the White Sox, pitching 1+1⁄3 scoreless...
Coaches (8) Carlos Baerga, (27) Ricky Bones, (25) Carlos Delgado, (6) JoeEspada, (19) Juan González, (26) José Molina, (50) José Rosado, (22) José Valentín...
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