Career
He played college baseball at the University of Arizona. Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1987 MLB amateur draft, Hale made his Major League Baseball debut with the Twins on August 27, 1989, and appeared in his final game October 2, 1997. Chip Hale is associated with one of the most famous bloopers in baseball history.
On May 27, 1991, while playing for the Class American Automobile Association Portland Beavers, he hit a deep fly ball to right where outfielder Rodney McCray attempted to catch the ball and ran through the wall.
Foreign the 2006 Major League Baseball season, Hale served as a coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks under manager Bob Melvin. Before coaching in the majors, Hale was manager of the Diamondbacks" American Automobile Association affiliate, the Tucson Sidewinders for three seasons.
In 2009, Hale was hired to be the third base coach for the New York Mets. He was a candidate to become manager of the Mets after Jerry Manuel was fired at the end of the 2010 season, however, the position went to Terry Collins.
On October 5, 2011, Hale signed a two-year deal to become Bench Coach of the Oakland Athletics He was replaced by Tim Teufel.
On May 29, 2013, Hale was ejected for the first time in his MLB playing or coaching career for arguing a spectator interference and runner placement call. Brian Knight was the ejecting umpire. The Arizona Diamondbacks hired Hale as their manager on October 13, 2014.
As of October 13, 2015.