Charles David "Fritz" Hamburg is an American

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coach and former

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. Hamburg is the head coach of the

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team.

Playing career

Hamburg attended

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. After graduating from The Hill School, Hamburg enrolled at

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where he would play for the

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team. After two years at Virginia Tech, Hamburg transferred to

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. While at Ithaca, he was named a Third Team All-American in 1988, while leading the Bombers to a National Championship. Following graduation, Hamburg signed with the

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and was assigned to the

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. Hamburg had a .194 batting average, .358 on base percentage, seven doubles, and 7 RBIs.

Coaching career

Hamburg began his coaching career as an assistant for the

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team. After two years, Hamburg moved on to be an assistant at

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and

Cal Poly Pomona California State Polytechnic University Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) is a public polytechnic research university in Pomona, California, United States. It is the largest of the three polytechnic universities in the California State University syst ...

. Hamburg spent the 1996 season at

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before rejoining his alma mater Ithaca as an assistant from 1997 to 2000. Hamburg then moved on to being an assistant for the Army Black Knights baseball team. In 2007, he was named the ABCA/''Baseball America'' Assistant Coach of the Year. On August 26, 2008, Hamburg was named the head coach of the

program.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Saint Joseph's profile
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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

References

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