Mike Pagliarulo: Difference between revisions

Mike Pagliarulo
Mike Pagliarulo
	Pagliarulo in 2011
	Third baseman
	Born: March 15, 1960 (age 64); Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
	July 7, 1984, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
	October 1, 1995, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.241
Home runs	134
Runs batted in	505
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	New York Yankees (1984–1989); San Diego Padres (1989–1990); Minnesota Twins (1991–1993); Baltimore Orioles (1993); Seibu Lions (1994); Texas Rangers (1995);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (1991);

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 19:29, 22 October 2024

Michael Timothy Pagliarulo, a.k.a. "Pags" (born March 15, 1960), is an American former professional baseball third baseman and later the hitting coach of the Miami Marlins. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Texas Rangers, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Seibu Lions.

Playing career

Pagliarulo graduated from Medford High School in Massachusetts in 1978^[1] and played college baseball at the University of Miami for the Miami Hurricanes. In 1980, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[2] He was drafted by the New York Yankees in sixth round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft.

Pagliarulo joined the parent club on July 1, 1984, and spent just over five years with the Yankees before going to the San Diego Padres in 1989. Although not a high average hitter, Pagliarulo was a long ball specialist as he belted 19 in 1985, 28 in 1986 and a career high of 32 in 1987 with outstanding defensive skills to go along. That promptly drew comparisons with former great Yankee third baseman Graig Nettles. But Pagliarulo never quite lived up to expectation, as he never came close to those numbers again. After hitting 15 homeruns in 1988 and 4 in 1989 in 74 games, he was traded to the San Diego Padres. After a year and a half in San Diego, Pagliarulo moved back to the American League when he joined the Minnesota Twins just before the start of the 1991 season. It was with Minnesota that Pagliarulo won his only World Series championship as the starting third baseman in 1991. Pagliarulo remained with Minnesota for the following 1992 season and part of the 1993 season. He was acquired by the Orioles on August 15, 1993, in a transaction that was completed the following day when Erik Schullstrom was sent to the Twins. At the time, the Orioles needed depth at third base with Leo Gómez on the disabled list but had been unsuccessful in its pursuit of the Cincinnati Reds' Chris Sabo.^[3]^[4]

Pagliarulo was out of Major League Baseball in 1994, playing for the NPB Pacific League's Seibu Lions, where he was a teammate of current Lions manager Tsutomu Ito. The team clinched the Pacific League with a 76-52-2 record (games are limited to 12 innings, except in the Japan Series, which was 15 in 1994). In the Japan Series, Pagliarulo's Seibu team faced the Yomiuri Giants, featuring his 1991 Twins teammate Dan Gladden in a side story where either player could win another championship. The Giants, featuring 20-year old Hideki Matsui (who in 2009 also won championships on both sides of the Pacific Ocean), won the Fall Classic, 4-2.

At the age of 35, Pagliarulo resumed his career when he signed with the Texas Rangers, where he finished his career before retiring after the 1995 season.

Coaching career

Before the 1998 season, Pagliarulo turned down multiple minor league contracts and big league coaching job offers in order to stay with his family in Massachusetts and coach at Winchester High School.^[1]

From 2013–13, Pagilarulo served as the hitting coach for Triple-A Indianapolis Indians.

In 2016, the Miami Marlins hired Pagliarulo as their hitting coach.^[5] Pagilarulo was fired from that position in April 2019.^[6]

Personal life

Mike married his high school sweetheart and best friend Karen in 1983. They have two kids, Michael and Erica.^{[citation needed]}

His son, Michael, was a member of the 2009 Ivy League champion Dartmouth Big Green baseball team.^[7]

His daughter, Erica, was the leading scorer for the Rollins College Women’s Lacrosse team’s most successful season in program history.

References

^ ^a ^b Mulcahy, Ryan (May 3, 1998). "A major change". The Boston Globe. p. C18. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ Maske, Mark. "Orioles Land Pagliarulo for Minor Leaguer," The Washington Post, Monday, August 16, 1993. Retrieved April 27, 2020
^ "Transactions," The New York Times, Tuesday, August 17, 1993. Retrieved April 27, 2020
^ Healey, Tim (November 9, 2016). "For Mike Pagliarulo, Marlins' new hitting coach, this is a job decades in the making".
^ Dusenbury, Wells (April 20, 2019). "Marlins fire hitting coach Mike Pagliarulo amid dismal offensive start". sun-sentinel.com.
^ Mike Pagliarulo Bio Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Mike Pagliarulo at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by Barry Bonds	Miami Marlins hitting coach 2017-2019	Succeeded by Jeff Livesey

[mulcahy-1] Mulcahy, Ryan (May 3, 1998). "A major change". The Boston Globe. p. C18. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[2] "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[3] Maske, Mark. "Orioles Land Pagliarulo for Minor Leaguer," The Washington Post, Monday, August 16, 1993. Retrieved April 27, 2020

[4] "Transactions," The New York Times, Tuesday, August 17, 1993. Retrieved April 27, 2020

[5] Healey, Tim (November 9, 2016). "For Mike Pagliarulo, Marlins' new hitting coach, this is a job decades in the making".

[6] Dusenbury, Wells (April 20, 2019). "Marlins fire hitting coach Mike Pagliarulo amid dismal offensive start". sun-sentinel.com.

[7] Mike Pagliarulo Bio Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}}
-{{linkrot|date=September 2018}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
 {{Infobox baseball biography
 |name=Mike Pagliarulo
-|team=Miami Marlins
-|number=6
 |image=Mike Pagliarulo 2011.jpg
 |caption=Pagliarulo in 2011
-|position=[[Third baseman]]/[[coach (baseball)|Hitting Coach]]
+|position=[[Third baseman]]
 |bats=Left
 |throws=Right
 |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|3|15}}
-|birth_place=[[Medford, Massachusetts]]
+|birth_place=[[Medford, Massachusetts]], U.S.
 |debutleague = MLB
 |debutdate=July 7
@@ Line 20: / Line 19: @@
 |finalteam=Texas Rangers
 |statleague = MLB
-|stat1label=[[Batting average]]
+|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
 |stat1value=.241
 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s
@@ Line 33: / Line 32: @@
 * [[Seibu Lions]] ({{by|1994}})
 * [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|1995}})
-'''As coach'''
-* [[Miami Marlins]] ({{mlby|2016}}–present)
 |highlights=
 * [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1991}})
 }}
-'''Michael Timothy Pagliarulo''', a.k.a. "'''Pags'''" (born March 15, 1960), is an American former [[professional baseball]] [[third baseman]] and current hitting coach of the [[Miami Marlins]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[New York Yankees]], [[San Diego Padres]], [[Minnesota Twins]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], and [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], and in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] for the [[Seibu Lions]].
+'''Michael Timothy Pagliarulo''', a.k.a. "'''Pags'''" (born March 15, 1960), is an American former [[professional baseball]] [[third baseman]] and later the hitting coach of the [[Miami Marlins]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[New York Yankees]], [[San Diego Padres]], [[Minnesota Twins]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], and [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], and in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] for the [[Seibu Lions]].
-==Career==
+==Playing career==
+[[File:1983 Nashville Mike Pagliarulo.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Pagliarulo with the [[Nashville Sounds]] in 1983]]
-Pagliarulo played [[college baseball]] at the [[University of Miami]] for the [[Miami Hurricanes baseball|Miami Hurricanes]], and was drafted by the [[New York Yankees]] in sixth round of the [[1981 Major League Baseball draft]].
+Pagliarulo graduated from [[Medford High School (Massachusetts)|Medford High School]] in Massachusetts in 1978<ref name="mulcahy" /> and played [[college baseball]] at the [[University of Miami]] for the [[Miami Hurricanes baseball|Miami Hurricanes]]. In 1980, he played [[collegiate summer baseball]] with the [[Chatham A's]] of the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> He was drafted by the [[New York Yankees]] in sixth round of the [[1981 Major League Baseball draft]].
-Pagliarulo joined the parent club on July 1, 1984, and spent just over five years with the Yankees before going to the [[San Diego Padres]] in 1989. After a year and a half in San Diego, Pagliarulo moved back to the [[American League]] when he joined the [[Minnesota Twins]] just before the start of the 1991 season. It was with Minnesota that Pagliarulo won his only [[World Series]] championship as the starting third baseman in 1991. Pagliarulo remained with Minnesota for the following 1992 season and part of the 1993 season before going to the [[Baltimore Orioles]], where he finished the season.
+Pagliarulo joined the parent club on July 1, 1984, and spent just over five years with the Yankees before going to the [[San Diego Padres]] in 1989. Although not a high average hitter, Pagliarulo was a long ball specialist as he belted 19 in 1985, 28 in 1986 and a career high of 32 in 1987 with outstanding defensive skills to go along. That promptly drew comparisons with former great Yankee third baseman Graig Nettles. But Pagliarulo never quite lived up to expectation, as he never came close to those numbers again. After hitting 15 homeruns in 1988 and 4 in 1989 in 74 games, he was traded to the San Diego Padres. After a year and a half in San Diego, Pagliarulo moved back to the [[American League]] when he joined the [[Minnesota Twins]] just before the start of the 1991 season. It was with Minnesota that Pagliarulo won his only [[World Series]] championship as the starting third baseman in 1991. Pagliarulo remained with Minnesota for the following 1992 season and part of the 1993 season. He was acquired by the Orioles on August 15, 1993, in a transaction that was completed the following day when [[Erik Schullstrom]] was sent to the Twins. At the time, the Orioles needed depth at third base with [[Leo Gómez]] on the [[Injured list|disabled list]] but had been unsuccessful in its pursuit of the [[Cincinnati Reds]]' [[Chris Sabo]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1993/08/16/orioles-land-pagliarulo-for-minor-leaguer/ae275e19-6065-44ed-9d15-99b0e91da6e1/ Maske, Mark. "Orioles Land Pagliarulo for Minor Leaguer," ''The Washington Post'', Monday, August 16, 1993.] Retrieved April 27, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/17/sports/transactions-758793.html "Transactions," ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, August 17, 1993.] Retrieved April 27, 2020</ref>
-Pagliarulo was out of Major League Baseball during the strike-shortened 1994 season, playing the season for the Japanese league's [[Seibu Lions]], where he was a teammate of current Lions manager [[Tsutomu Ito]].  He played college baseball at the [[University of Miami]].
+Pagliarulo was out of Major League Baseball in 1994, playing for [[Nippon Professional Baseball|the NPB]] [[Pacific League]]'s [[Seibu Lions]], where he was a teammate of current Lions manager [[Tsutomu Ito]].  The team clinched the Pacific League with a 76-52-2 record (games are limited to 12 innings, except in the Japan Series, which was 15 in 1994).  In the [[1994 Japan Series|Japan Series]], Pagliarulo's Seibu team faced the [[Yomiuri Giants]], featuring his 1991 Twins teammate [[Dan Gladden]] in a side story where either player could win another championship.  The Giants, featuring 20-year old [[Hideki Matsui]] (who in [[2009 World Series|2009]] also won championships on both sides of the Pacific Ocean), won the Fall Classic, 4-2.
-At the age of 35, Pagliarulo resumed his career when he signed with the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], where he finished his career before retiring after the 1995 season. In 2014, he served as the hitting coach of the [[Indianapolis Indians]], the AAA affiliate of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].<ref>[http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20050902&content_id=41163692&sid=t484&vkey=roster 2014 Field Staff]</ref>
+At the age of 35, Pagliarulo resumed his career when he signed with the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], where he finished his career before retiring after the 1995 season.
+==Coaching career==
-During the 2016-17 season, the [[Miami Marlins]] hired Pagliarulo as their [[coach (baseball)|hitting coach]].<ref>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-marlins-mike-pagliarulo-1110-20161109-story.html</ref>
+Before the 1998 season, Pagliarulo turned down multiple minor league contracts and big league coaching job offers in order to stay with his family in Massachusetts and coach at [[Winchester High School (Massachusetts)|Winchester High School]].<ref name="mulcahy">{{cite news |last1=Mulcahy |first1=Ryan |title=A major change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112014427/a-major-change/ |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=3 May 1998 |page=C18}}</ref>
+From 2013–13, Pagilarulo served as the hitting coach for Triple-A [[Indianapolis Indians]].
+In 2016, the [[Miami Marlins]] hired Pagliarulo as their [[coach (baseball)|hitting coach]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-marlins-mike-pagliarulo-1110-20161109-story.html|title=For Mike Pagliarulo, Marlins' new hitting coach, this is a job decades in the making|first=Tim|last=Healey|date=9 November 2016 }}</ref>  Pagilarulo was fired from that position in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-sp-mike-pagliarulo-20190419-story.html|title=Marlins fire hitting coach Mike Pagliarulo amid dismal offensive start|first=Wells|last=Dusenbury|website=sun-sentinel.com|date=20 April 2019 }}</ref>
 ==Personal life==
+Mike married his high school sweetheart and best friend Karen in 1983. They have two kids, Michael and Erica.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
 His son, Michael, was a member of the 2009 [[Ivy League]] champion [[Dartmouth Big Green baseball]] team.<ref>[http://dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=810915 Mike Pagliarulo Bio] Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics</ref>
+His daughter, Erica, was the leading scorer for the Rollins College Women’s Lacrosse team’s most successful season in program history.
-==Pronunciation==
-Pagliarulo's name is pronounced "pah-lee-ah-ROO-low". Fellow [[Italian-American]] Yankees announcer [[Phil Rizzuto]] was notably insistent upon this pronunciation.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}{{Original research inline|date=June 2015}}
 ==References==
@@ Line 61: / Line 65: @@
 ==External links==
-{{Baseballstats|mlb=120178|espn=1422|br=p/paglimi01|fangraphs=1009959|cube=Mike-Pagliarulo|brm=paglia001mic}}
+{{Baseballstats|mlb=120178|espn=1422|br=p/paglimi01|fangraphs=1009959|brm=paglia001mic}}
-*[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=paglimi01 Mike Pagliarulo's baseball statistics] provided by Baseball-almanac.com.
+*[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=paglimi01 Mike Pagliarulo] at Baseball Almanac
+:
 {{s-start}}
-{{succession box|title=[[Miami Marlins]] [[coach (baseball)|hitting coach]]|before=[[Barry Bonds]]|after=Incumbent|years=2017}}
+{{succession box|title=[[Miami Marlins]] [[coach (baseball)|hitting coach]]|before=[[Barry Bonds]]|after=[[Jeff Livesey]]|years=2017-2019}}
 {{s-end}}
-{{Miami Marlins roster navbox}}
 {{1991 Minnesota Twins}}
@@ Line 74: / Line 78: @@
 [[Category:1960 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:American sportspeople of Italian descent]]
+[[Category:American people of Italian descent]]
 [[Category:American expatriate baseball players in Japan]]
-[[Category:Baseball players from Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:Baltimore Orioles players]]
+[[Category:Chatham Anglers players]]
 [[Category:Columbus Clippers players]]
 [[Category:Fort Myers Miracle players]]
 [[Category:Greensboro Hornets players]]
-[[Category:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim scouts]]
+[[Category:Los Angeles Angels scouts]]
 [[Category:Major League Baseball hitting coaches]]
 [[Category:Major League Baseball third basemen]]
@@ Line 91: / Line 95: @@
 [[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball infielders]]
 [[Category:Oneonta Yankees players]]
-[[Category:People from Winchester, Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Sportspeople from Winchester, Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:San Diego Padres players]]
 [[Category:Seibu Lions players]]
+[[Category:Baseball players from Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:Sportspeople from Medford, Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:Texas Rangers players]]
 [[Category:Baseball coaches from Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:High school baseball coaches in the United States]]

v t e Minnesota Twins 1991 World Series champions
0 Junior Ortiz 1 Jarvis Brown 7 Greg Gagne 9 Gene Larkin 11 Chuck Knoblauch 12 Brian Harper 13 Mike Pagliarulo 14 Kent Hrbek 18 Paul Sorrento 19 Scott Erickson 24 Shane Mack 25 Randy Bush 26 Al Newman 30 Terry Leach 31 Scott Leius 32 Dan Gladden 34 Kirby Puckett (ALCS MVP) 36 Kevin Tapani 38 Rick Aguilera 39 David West 40 Steve Bedrosian 44 Chili Davis 47 Jack Morris (World Series MVP) 51 Carl Willis 53 Mark Guthrie
Manager 10 Tom Kelly Coaches 6 Tony Oliva 35 Ron Gardenhire 42 Dick Such 43 Rick Stelmaszek 45 Wayne Terwilliger 46 Terry Crowley
Regular season American League Championship Series