Al Pedrique

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pedrique and the second or maternal family name is García.
Al Pedrique
Shortstop / Coach
Born: (1960-08-11) August 11, 1960
Aragua State, Venezuela
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 14, 1987, for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
June 21, 1989, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average .247
Home runs 1
Runs batted in 36
Teams

As player

As manager

Alfredo José Pedrique García (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈðɾike], born August 11, 1960) is a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the New York Mets (1987), Pittsburgh Pirates (1987, 88) and Detroit Tigers (1989). Pedrique served as the Houston Astros bench coach and as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is currently the manager of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the International League.

Playing career

Pedrique was signed by the Mets in 1978 and made his debut nine years later. After five games with the team, he hit .301 with the Pirates in his rookie season, but only managed a .188 cumulative batting average after that.

Pedrique was a career .247 hitter with one home run, 36 RBI, 32 runs, 18 doubles, one triple, and five stolen bases in 174 games.

Managerial and coaching career

Pedrique (middle) coaches third base during a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders game in 2016

After retiring, Pedrique managed in the minors for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals organizations from 2000 to 2002. He came back to the majors in 2003 as a third base coach for the Diamondbacks. In 2004, he began the season as manager of the Tucson Sidewinders, the Diamondbacks Triple-A affiliate, but he was hired as manager of the Diamondbacks on an interim basis when Bob Brenly was fired in July. Pedrique compiled a 22–61 record. He was replaced by Wally Backman, and then Bob Melvin, at the end of the season.

Pedrique created some controversy as manager when he ordered the Diamondbacks pitching staff to intentionally walk Barry Bonds throughout an entire three-game series against the San Francisco Giants from September 10–12, since Bonds was on the verge of hitting his 700th career home run, which Pedrique did not want to happen at Bank One Ballpark.[1] Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated called the incident one of "professional cowardice." [2]

The Astros hired Pedrique as their bench coach on October 31, 2009, after previously serving as their Minor League Field Coordinator and third base coach.[3] In 2014, the New York Yankees hired Pedrique as the manager of the Tampa Yankees.[4] On January 6, 2016, Pedrique was announced as the manager of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.[5] In his first season as manager, he led the RailRiders to the International League's Governors' Cup championship.

Managerial records

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
ARI2004 22 61 .265 5th in NL West – – – –

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040912&content_id=855280&vkey=news_ari&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari
  2. ↑ http://www.cnnsi.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1103905/index.htm
  3. ↑ "Astros add trio of coaches on Friday". Major League Baseball. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tampa Yankees - Tampa Yankees News". Tampa Yankees. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pedrique Headlines SWB Field Staff Changes - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders News". Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

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