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Lawless, Tom, 1956-

BiographyTom Lawless was a second baseman, pinch runner, and third baseman in the Major Leagues for eight years. He made his debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 1982. "After his playing career, he was a minor league manager for a number of years, principally in the Midwest League. From 1997 to 1999, he was a coach for the Norfolk Tides of the International League. After returning to managing, he joined the Baltimore Orioles organization and was their minor league hitting instructor in 2005 and their minor league infield and baserunning instructor in 2007. In 2013, Lawless was named as a "development specialist", assigned to the Oklahoma City RedHawks [1]. In 2014 he served as the Astros' roving infield instructor and was interim manager of the Redhawks while manager Tony DeFrancesco was out for medical reasons. On September 1st, he was named interim manager of the Houston Astros, replacing the fired Bo Porter and guided the team to a record of 11-13 over the last month, confirming the improvements seen over the season as a whole after three years of losing of 100 or more games per season. On September 29th, the day after the regular season ended, the Astros introduced A.J. Hinch as their new skipper for 2015. Lawless was with the Corpus Christi Hooks in 2015 as infield coach and Texas League scout when the team was at home." -- Baseball Reference.