Eddie Lara- 7th Year Instructor
- 16 Years of Professional Baseball
- Signed by Oakland Athletics on July 17, 1992
- 1995- Arizona Athletics (Oakland Athletics Rookie Team)
- 1996- West Michigan Whitecaps (Oakland Athletics Class A)
- 1997- Southern Oregon Lumberjacks (Oakland Athletics Class A)
- 1997- Modesto (Oakland Athletics Class A)
- 1997-1999- Visalia (Oakland Athletics Class A)
- 2000-Long Island Ducks (Atlantic League)
- 2001- Schaumburg Flyers (Northern League)
- 2002- San Angelo Colts (Central League)
- 2003-2004- Newark Bears (Atlantic League)
- 2004- Bridgeport, Atlantic City (Atlantic League)
- 2005-2006- Edinburg Coyotes (United League)
- Named to 6 All-Star teams including 2006 in the United League
- Played on 3 championship teams
- In 1995, he was named Arizona League All-Star Shortshop
- In 1,044 career games, has 1,075 career hits in 3,730 at-bats
- Career Batting Average was .288 with a slugging percentage of 0.415
- Career On-Base Percentage was 0.770
Eddie is a native of the Dominican Republic who began his professional baseball career in 1992 when he signed with the Oakland Athletics. Eddie recorded his 1,000th career hit while playing for the Bridgeport Bluefish in the Atlantic League. He was named to 6 All-Star teams throughout his career and was also ranked 1st in fielding percentage (.963) among shortstops in 1995. In 2002, Eddie was invited to Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers.