Sid Monge

Sid Monge
Sid Monge
	Pitcher
	Born: April 11, 1951 (age 73); Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico
	Batted: Switch Threw: Left
MLB debut
	September 12, 1975, for the California Angels
Last MLB appearance
	September 30, 1984, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	49–40
Earned run average	3.53
Strikeouts	471
Saves	56
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	California Angels (1975–1977); Cleveland Indians (1977–1981); Philadelphia Phillies (1982–1983); San Diego Padres (1983–1984); Detroit Tigers (1984);
Career highlights and awards
	All-Star (1979);
Member of the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2004

Isidro Monge Pedroza (born April 11, 1951) is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher who pitched from 1975 to 1984. He played for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers, all of the American League and the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres, both of the National League.

Career

Born in Agua Prieta, the Mexican state of Sonora, Monge moved to Brawley, California at age 16 and attended Brawley Union High School. He was drafted in the 24th round (562nd overall) of the 1970 June Baseball Draft by the California Angels.^[1]

Monge was called up to the Angels after going 14–9 with a 4.63 ERA for the Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League, and made his major league debut on September 12, 1975 against the Kansas City Royals at Royals Stadium pitching four and a third innings in relief of Bill Singer getting no decision.

Monge went 49–40 in his 10-year career with a 3.53 ERA. He pitched 764 innings, striking out 471. Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got his first hit off Monge on July 19, 1982 while he was pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Monge was selected for the American League All-Star team in 1979, during which he had a record of 12–10 with a 2.40 ERA.

Later life

In 2010, Monge was hired as the pitching coach for the Sultanes de Monterrey.^[2] Previous coaching positions included pitching coach with the State College Spikes (2006), New Jersey Cardinals (2003–2005), Potomac Cannons (2002), Johnson City Cardinals (2001), and Peoria Chiefs (2000) all (at the time) part of the St. Louis Cardinals farm system. He was also the pitching coach for the Jamestown Jammers (then a part of the Detroit Tigers system) in 1995. In the offseason, Monge works in the Mexican Winter League, coaching at third for the Venados de Mazatlán.

On June 14, 2004 he was inducted into the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México, or the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame.

References

^ Sid Monge | Society for American Baseball Research Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ Collins, Tracy J. R. "Sid Monge". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

1976 Baseball Register published by The Sporting News

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project

[1] Sid Monge | Society for American Baseball Research Retrieved 2016-11-25.

[2] Collins, Tracy J. R. "Sid Monge". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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