Alan Wayne LeBoeuf (born February 4, 1960) is an American professional

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for the

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(MLB). He played in

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from 1981 to 1988 and was a coach and manager in the minors from 1989 to 2024.

Career

LeBoeuf attended Tourtellotte Memorial High School in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut, graduating in 1979. He then attended

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and played

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for the

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. The

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...

selected him in the 28th round of the

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. He made his professional debut for the

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of the

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Pioneer League that year. He played in the minor leagues through 1988, when he served as a

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. After his retirement as a player, LeBoeuf became a full-time coach in the minor leagues for the Phillies organization from 1989 to 2000. He was the

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for the Batavia Clippers from 1993 to 1995, the

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in 1996, and the

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from 1997 to 1998. He won the Eastern League Manager of the Year Award in 1997. LeBoeuf then coached in the minor leagues for the

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from 2001 to 2005, the

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in 2006, and the

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from 2007 to 2009, before joining the

organization in 2010 as a minor league coach. While recovering from an illness, he worked in the player development department in 2013 before resuming coaching. The Brewers added LeBoeuf to their major league coaching staff as their lead hitting coach after the 2024 season.

Personal life

LeBoeuf is from

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. He and his wife, Laura, married in 1987. They have a son named Mac. In 2012, LeBoeuf was diagnosed with

multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibody, antibodies. Often, no symptoms are noticed initially. As it progresses, bone ...

, which had progressed into the rare

POEMS syndrome POEMS syndrome (also termed osteosclerotic myeloma, Crow–Fukase syndrome, Takatsuki disease, or PEP syndrome) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome caused by a clone of aberrant plasma cells. The name POEMS is an acronym for some of the disease' ...

. It developed from a

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in his right hip caused by a

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during the 1985 season that resulted in his body producing too much protein, damaging his antibodies. He underwent

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and a

stem cell transplant Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood, in order to replicate inside a patient and produce a ...

and required assistance walking for five years.

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