Here are five things to know about Texas’ new hitting coach. Hometown: El Cajon, Calif. Boone made his major league debut in 1992 with the Seattle Mariners and played in the MLB until 2005, when he spent his final season with Seattle and the Minnesota Twins.

Former big league infielder Bret Boone has been hired as a hitting coach for the Texas Rangers, who are last in the American League in runs scored.

Bret Boone, who made a name for himself with the Cincinnati Reds and Seattle Mariners in the 1990s and 2000s, is set to replace Donnie Ecker as the Texas Rangers' hitting coach.