He told Baseball Digest magazine that he describes pinch-hitting not as a position, not as a role, but "a state of mind." As of , Hansen ranked sixth all-time in Major League Baseball career pinch hits with 138. Coaching career Hansen was the hitting coach for the Mobile BayBears, the Arizona Diamondbacks Double-A affiliate in . On September 26, 2007, Hansen was named the Diamondbacks minor league hitting coordinator. On November 22, 2010 he was announced as a secondary hitting instructor by the Los Angeles Dodgers. On July 20, 2011, he was named interim hitting coach by the team. He had the interim tag removed when he was retained for the job in 2012. After the 2012 season, Hansen was dismissed from the position of hitting coach and offered another position within the baseball organization. Hansen was hired as hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners on October 22, 2012. For the 2014 season, Hansen was hired as an assistant hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, along with Don Baylor, the newly acquired principal hitting coach and former Angels slugger. On November 3, 2015, the Angels promoted Hansen to hitting coach after parting ways with Baylor. Paul Sorrento served as his assistant hitting coach. At the end of the 2017 season, Hansen was let go by the Angels, then hired by the San Francisco Giants as their minor league organization's hitting coordinator. References External links 1968 births Living people Basketball players from Long Beach, California Major League Baseball hitting coaches Los Angeles Dodgers players Chicago Cubs players San Diego Padres players Seattle Mariners players Major League Baseball third basemen Sportspeople from Long Beach, California American expatriate baseball players in Japan Hanshin Tigers players Minor league baseball coaches Arizona Diamondbacks scouts Los Angeles Dodgers coaches Los Angeles Angels coaches Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim coaches Seattle Mariners coaches Great Falls Dodgers players Bakersfield Dodgers players Vero Beach Dodgers players Albuquerque Dukes players San Antonio Missions players Tacoma Rainiers players