Courtesy of Delaware State Athletic Media Relations
DOVER, Del., Aug. 15, 2020 — Eight years ago, Russ Steinhorn was a member of the Delaware State baseball staff that led the Hornets to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division title and appearance in the MEAC championship series.
Today, Steinhorn is in Major League Baseball after his recent appointment as a hitting instructor with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a minor league hitting instructor in the Cards’ organization before the call up to the big club.
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Before joining the Cardinals, Steinhorn was most recently an assistant hitting coordinator for the Philadelphia Phillies. From 2013-17, he served in the Houston Astros system. That included three years as hitting coach in the New York-Penn League and a year each managing in the Dominican Summer League and Class-A Midwest Leagues.
In 2017, Steinhorn was the manager of the Quad Cities River Bandits, the Single-A affiliate of the Astros that had an 86-61 record and won the Midwest League title. In 2016, he was the manager of the Dominican Summer League Astros team that had a 42-23 record. Steinhorn’s first year with the Astros organization was in 2013, his first of three seasons as hitting coach with Tri-City.
In Steinhorn’s final season as pitching coach under J.P. Blandin at Delaware State in 2012, the Hornets posted a 40-17-1 overall mark, tying the team record for wins in a season. DSU led the MEAC with a team earned run average of 3.59 and reached the MEAC Tournament final for the first time since 2004 that season.
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