Gary Tuck
| Gary Tuck | |
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 Tuck in Fort Myers, Florida during spring workouts in 2007. | |
| Boston Red Sox | |
| Catcher/Coach/Manager | |
| Born: September 6, 1954 Amsterdam, New York | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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Gary Robert Tuck (born September 6, 1954 in Amsterdam, New York) is currently the bullpen coach for the Boston Red Sox.
Early life
A graduate of Indiana University,[1] Tuck has 23 years of professional coaching experience. He started his baseball career as a catcher for the Montreal Expos organization and played for them during three minor league seasons. Following his playing retirement, he served as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame in 1980, and Arizona State University in 1981.
Minor and Major League Career
After winning an NCAA championship with Arizona State, Tuck was hired to coach for the nearby Tucson Toros, a Minor League affiliate of the Houston Astros. Tuck spent eight years in the Astros organization. In 1986 he managed the Double-A Columbus Astros to a league championship,[2] winning Southern League Manager of the Year honors.
By 1989, Tuck was a coach on the New York Yankees Triple-A team, the Columbus Clippers.[3] In 1990, Tuck served as bullpen coach to the Yankees. The next year he was the manager of the Cleveland Indians Single-A team, a job he held before switching to a Scout for the Indians.
He would rejoin the Yankees again in 1996 as their Single-A Manager. With the Yankees, Tuck won World Series rings as the team catching instructor in 1998 and 1999.[4] In 2006, he served as former Yankees catcher Joe Girardi's bench coach in Florida, where he was best known for writing the lineup card in calligraphy [1].
In November 2006, the Boston Red Sox hired Tuck as their new bullpen coach.[5] He joined pitching coach John Farrell and hitting coach Dave Magadan as new members of the Red Sox coaching staff for the 2007 season. He earned another World Series ring as a member of Boston's 2007 championship team. Tuck also serves as an organization-wide catching instructor during spring training.[6] On January 29th, 2013, he reportedly notified the Red Sox he intends to retire effective immediately.[7]
References
- ^ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-10/sports/ct-spt-0310-rogers-baseball--20120310_1_bullpen-coach-jason-varitek-red-sox
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=51f82369
- ^ http://www.milb.com/league1/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=180318&vkey=league1_l111&fext=.jsp&sid=l111
- ^ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=bos&coachorstaffid=492898
- ^ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-10/sports/ct-spt-0310-rogers-baseball--20120310_1_bullpen-coach-jason-varitek-red-sox
- ^ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-10/sports/ct-spt-0310-rogers-baseball--20120310_1_bullpen-coach-jason-varitek-red-sox
- ^ http://nesn.com/2013/01/report-red-sox-longtime-bullpen-coach-gary-tuck-retires/
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- The Boston Globe
- Boston Red Sox news
- MLB.com
- Retrosheet
- Boston Red Sox coaches
- Cleveland Indians scouts
- Florida Marlins coaches
- Major League Baseball bench coaches
- Major League Baseball bullpen coaches
- People from New York
- New York Yankees coaches
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball coaches
- 1954 births
- Living people
- People from Montgomery County, New York
- Jamestown Expos players
- Minor league baseball managers