Jeff Ware (baseball)

Win–loss record3–6

Earned run average7.47

Strikeouts29

Jeff Ware
Ware (left) with the Lansing Lugnuts in 2016
Pitcher/bullpen coach
Born: (1970-11-11) November 11, 1970 (age 55) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 2, 1995, for the Toronto Blue Jays
Last MLB appearance
July 7, 1996, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	3–6
Earned run average	7.47
Strikeouts	29
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
As player Toronto Blue Jays (1995–1996) As Coach Toronto Blue Jays (2023–2024)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  United States Pan American Games 1991 Havana Team

Jeffrey Allan Ware (born November 11, 1970) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He also played in parts of two seasons with the Blue Jays in 1995 and 1996.

Ware attended First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Old Dominion University, where he played college baseball for the Old Dominion Monarchs.^[1]

During his time in the minor leagues with the Knoxville Smokies, Michael Jordan hit one of his three career home runs off him.^[2]

In early 2015, he was named as the pitching coach for the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts.^[3] In 2021, Ware was appointed to serve as the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons pitching coach.^[4] On July 13, 2022, Ware was promoted by the Blue Jays to interim manager of the Bisons, after Casey Candaele was promoted to interim bench coach of the Blue Jays following the firing of Charlie Montoyo. On July 29, Ware was appointed interim manager of the Bisons for the rest of the season.^[5]

On January 31, 2023, Ware was named as the new bullpen coach for the Toronto Blue Jays.^[6] He was dismissed following the 2024 season.

In 2026, Ware was named as the pitching coach of the Norfolk Tides the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles.