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Ronald Washington (born April 29, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Major League Baseball coach and former player.

Washington is the current third base coach of the Oakland Athletics, and was briefly considered as a managerial candidate in Oakland at the end of the 2005 season, replacing Ken Macha whose departure had been announced. (Macha was later re-hired.)

Washington's playing career began with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977, and he then played for the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Houston Astros respectively from 1981-89. He was a primary a middle infielder for most of his career. On May 28, 1988, Washington broke up Odell Jones' no-hit bid after 8 and 1/3 innings. He had a pinch single.

Following his retirement as a player, Washington worked in the New York Mets organization for five years. After being hired as the A's first base coach in 1996, Washington has been infield and third base coach for the last nine years (1997-2005). As infield coach Washington has been credited for developing much of the A's young infield talent in the last decade, including 4 time gold glover Eric Chavez, and former MVP and A's shortstop Miguel Tejada. Washington's personal philosophy focuses on the importance of speed and defense to a team. He is viewed as an "old-school" baseball strategist and coach.

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