Darren Lewis was born in Berkeley in 1967 and graduated from Moreau Catholic in 1985. He went to Cal Berkeley and was drafted in 1988 in the 18th round of the amatuer draft by the Oakland Athletics. He ended his career at age 34, and is now an assistant coach at Cal State East Bay. Throughout his major league career, he played for 7 teams:

• Athletics in 1990

• Giants from 1991-1995

• Reds in 1995

• White Sox from 1996-1997

• Dodgers in 1997

• Red Sox from 1998-2001

• Cubs in 2002.

 

 

He had an impressive career as a defensive player and baserunner. Some of his career stats include:

 

• A Gold Glove as a center fielder for the Giants in 1994.

• He holds the longest streak of 392 games without making an error

• He ended his career with a .994 fielding percentage

• He retired with 247 stolen bases

• He ended with a career .250 average

• Career on base percentage of .323

• Career 342 runs batted in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Cal State East Bay assistant coach, and current head coach of the Moreau Catholic Varsity baseball team speaks on what it was like to coach with Darren Lewis:

 

"Having the opportunity to coach with Darren Lewis the past two years at Cal State East Bay was an absolute blessing. Coach Lewis is a tremendous motivator, teacher and role model for young men in the game of the baseball. He teaches just like he played, focusing on outfield play, base running, offensive approach and mechanics, and execution. But besides his excellent coaching abilities, what impresses me more about Darren is he received his degree after he retired from playing thirteen years in the big leagues. This is not normal and neither is Darren. Darren is a "go getter." The players follow his leadership and so do his peers. I am honored to have Darren as one my good friends in my lifetime."