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[[File:1983 Nashville Mike Pagliarulo.jpg|thumb|left|Pagliarulo with the [[Nashville Sounds]] in 1983]]
[[File:1983 Nashville Mike Pagliarulo.jpg|thumb|left|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 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|author= |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 |date= |accessdate=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. 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.

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Mike Pagliarulo
Pagliarulo in 2011
Third baseman
Born: (1960-03-15) March 15, 1960 (age 64)
Medford, Massachusetts
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 runs134
Runs batted in505
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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.

Career

Pagliarulo with the Nashville Sounds in 1983

Pagliarulo 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.[1] 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 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.

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. In 2014, he served as the hitting coach of the Indianapolis Indians, the AAA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]

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.[3] Pagilarulo was fired from that position in April 2019.[4]

Personal life

His son, Michael, was a member of the 2009 Ivy League champion Dartmouth Big Green baseball team.[5]

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][original research?]

References

  1. ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Indians Field Staff". MiLB.com.
  3. ^ Healey, Tim. "For Mike Pagliarulo, Marlins' new hitting coach, this is a job decades in the making".
  4. ^ https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-sp-mike-pagliarulo-20190419-story.html
  5. ^ Mike Pagliarulo Bio Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics
Preceded by Miami Marlins hitting coach
2017-2019 		Succeeded by
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