Jerry Royster

{{short description|American baseball player and manager (born 1952)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Jerry Royster

| image =Jerry Royster.jpg

| position = Infielder / Manager

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|18}}

| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| bats =Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =August 14

| debutyear =1973

| debutteam =Los Angeles Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =September 28

| finalyear =1988

| finalteam =Atlanta Braves

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value =.249

| stat2label =Home runs

| stat2value =40

| stat3label =Runs batted in

| stat3value =352

| teams =

As player

Los Angeles Dodgers ({{Baseball year|1973}}–{{Baseball year|1975}})
Atlanta Braves ({{Baseball year|1976}}–{{Baseball year|1984}})
San Diego Padres ({{Baseball year|1985}}–{{Baseball year|1986}})
Chicago White Sox ({{Baseball year|1987}})
New York Yankees ({{Baseball year|1987}})
Atlanta Braves ({{Baseball year|1988}})

As manager

Milwaukee Brewers ({{Baseball year|2002}})
Lotte Giants ({{baseball year|2007}}–{{baseball year|2010}})

As coach

Colorado Rockies ({{baseball year|1993}})
Milwaukee Brewers ({{baseball year|2000}}–{{baseball year|2002}})
Boston Red Sox ({{baseball year|2012}})

}}

Jeron Kennis Royster (born October 18, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball player and coach. He was a third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees. He was manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and the Lotte Giants in the Korea Baseball Organization. He is father to actress Kara Royster, who is best known for her recurring roles in TV shows Supernatural, Pretty Little Liars, Dynasty, and K.C. Undercover.

Career

He was signed by the Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1970 at age 17. Three years later he was promoted to the Dodgers. He was traded along with Tom Paciorek, Lee Lacy and Jimmy Wynn from the Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves for Dusty Baker and Ed Goodson on November 17, 1975.[https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/18/archives/red-sox-get-jenkins-in-trade.html "Wynn Goes to Braves," The Associated Press (AP), Monday, November 17, 1975.] Retrieved February 23, 2025. He became a regular third baseman with the Braves and in 1976 he was named to the 1976 Topps All-Star Rookie Roster.

File:Jerry Royster - Atlanta Braves.jpg

After nine years with the Braves, Royster joined the San Diego Padres as a free agent. In 1987, he split the season with the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. He returned to the Braves in 1988 and retired at the end of the season.

In 1428 games over 16 seasons, Royster posted a .249 batting average going 1049 for 4208 with 552 runs, 40 home runs, 352 runs batted in, 189 stolen bases, and 411 walks.

Royster coached the Vero Beach Dodgers and was a third base coach for the Colorado Rockies. He coached for the Milwaukee Brewers under manager Davey Lopes until 15 games into the 2002 season, Lopes was fired and Royster was named interim manager. Two weeks later the interim tag was removed but at the end of a disappointing 53–94 stint, he was fired.

Royster managed the Las Vegas 51s from 2005 until he was fired in late September 2006. Late in 2007, Royster was signed to manage the Lotte Giants in Busan, South Korea. He is the first non-Korean to manage a KBO team.{{cite news

|url=http://www.ajc.com/braves/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/06/26/royster_0627.html

|title= Ex-Brave Royster now managing in Korea

|date=June 26, 2008

|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

|first=Ken

|last=Herman

|access-date=September 14, 2010

}}{{cite web| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127235223/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2885639 | title=Giants think English to greet new U.S. skipper | archive-date=2013-01-27 | url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2885639}} On October 13, 2010, the Lotte Giants decided not to renew Royster's contract following the Giant's defeat by the Doosan Bears in the first round of the KBO playoffs.

In 2012, Royster was the third-base coach for the Boston Red Sox.

In 2014, Royster coached the Shalhevet Firehawks to a 2nd-place finish in the Mulholland League.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

=Managerial record=

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="5"\|Regular season	colspan="4"\|Postseason
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
Games	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
style= !MIL\|\|2002 \|\|147\|\|53\|\|94\|\|{{Winning percentage\|53\|94}}\|\| 6th in NL Central \|\| – \|\| – \|\| – \|\| –
colspan="2"\|Total\|\|147\|\|53\|\|94\|\|{{Winning percentage\|53\|94}}\|\| \|\| - \|\| - \|\| {{Winning percentage
}}