Chris Hoiles

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Christopher Allen Hoiles (born March 20, 1965 in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA) was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles from 1989 to 1998. Hoiles was drafted by the Detroit Tigers but was traded to the Orioles in 1988 for Fred Lynn.

Hoiles was a career .262 hitter with 151 home runs, hitting 20 or more in 3 seasons. His career slugging percentage of .467 is the 9th best in Orioles history. His best year was 1993, when he had career highs with a .310 batting average and 29 home runs.

On May 17, 1996, Hoiles joined the list of 23 major league players who have hit an ultimate grand slam, when he hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth with the Baltimore Orioles down by three runs against the Seattle Mariners. Hoiles hit his home run on a full 3-2 count.^{[citation needed]}

Hoiles was an assistant coach for the Eastern Michigan University baseball team, of which he is an alumnus. He was inducted to the Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.

He was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame on August 26, 2006.

On December 20, 2006, Chris Hoiles was named as the first manager of the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.