Mike Aldrete
| Mike Aldrete | |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals – No. -- | |
| Outfielder, Coach | |
| Born: January 29, 1961 Carmel, California |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| May 29, 1986 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1996 for the New York Yankees | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .263 |
| Home runs | 41 |
| Runs batted in | 271 |
| Teams | |
Michael Peter Aldrete (born January 29, 1961 in Carmel, California) is a former first baseman/outfielder in Major League Baseball and is currently the Bench Coach for the St. Louis Cardinals .
Aldrete was a four-year letterman at Stanford University. From 1986 through 1996, Aldrete played for the San Francisco Giants (1986–1988), Montreal Expos (1989–1990), San Diego Padres (1991), Cleveland Indians (1991), Oakland Athletics (1993–1995), California Angels (1995–1996) and New York Yankees (1996). He batted and threw left-handed.
Aldrete's best season was 1987 when he hit .325 with 51 RBI, 50 runs, 116 hits and 18 doubles, all career-highs.
Aldrete's teams made the playoffs twice. The Giants reached the 1987 National League Championship Series and he was a member of the 1996 World Series champion New York Yankees.
Since 2001, Aldrete has maintained a role in professional baseball as a coach. After three years in the minors in the Arizona Diamondbacks chain, he has been a first-base coach for the Seattle Mariners (2004) and served as the hitting coach for the Diamondbacks (2005–2006). Aldrete served as assistant hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals[1] since 2008, and is currently the bench coach for the Cardinals.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ St. Louis Cardinals
- ^ Mike Aldrete named Cardinals' Bench Coach. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
[edit] External links
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Library
- The Baseball Page
- BR Bullpen
- The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2005. Format: Paperback, 1824pp. Language: English. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3
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