Chris Gutierrez

Christopher Gutierrez (born March 12, 1984) is an American professional baseball player of Cuban descent who mainly played in Minor League Baseball, having tallied 872 games with four different organizations: the Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida/Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Los Angeles Angels affiliates. At the NCAA Division One level, he was a three-time All-Big 12 shortstop at Oklahoma State from 2002 to 2005. He is from Orlando, Florida and led Conway Little League with Zack Greinke to its first Senior League World Series in 1999.

Gutierrez was the Dodgers bench coach for the Triple–A Oklahoma City Comets from 2023 through 2025.

Career Boone High School Gutierrez played baseball in high school at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida. Gutierrez was recognized as the team's offensive MVP from 1999 to 2001 and the defensive MVP in 2001–02. and played for the Pulaski Blue Jays, Auburn Doubledays, Lansing Lugnuts, Dunedin Blue Jays, New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Syracuse Chiefs. With Arkansas, he batted .279 in 33 games.

Coaching career Gutierrez retired after the 2013 season and joined the Chicago Cubs organization as a minor league coach, first as an assistant hitting coach for the Kane County Cougars and then the following year for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.

In 2018, Gutierrez joined the Dodgers organization, spending two seasons as a hitting coach for the Arizona League Dodgers He was scheduled to return in the role in 2020 as well but the season was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was promoted to bench coach for the Double–A Tulsa Drillers in 2021 and then to the same position for the Dodgers Triple–A team in Oklahoma City in 2023.

Personal life He was born on March 12, 1984, in Orlando, Florida. He is the son of Eddie and Maria Gutierrez. He was an economics major at OSU.