Robert Lewis Thomson (born August 16, 1963) is a Canadian former minor league baseball player, who is currently the bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies. During Thomson’s playing career, he was a catcher and third baseman in the Detroit Tigers organization, from 1985 to 1988. Following his years as a player, Thomson wore many minor league hats, including coaching, spending one season as manager of the (Class A) Oneonta Yankees, and several more years in various front office (executive) capacities (including his term as Major League Field Coordinator for the New York Yankees). He then served as the Yankees’ bench coach (2008), third base coach (2009-2014), and bench coach, again (2015-2017).