Gary DiSarcina
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Gary Thomas DiSarcina (born November 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and coach. He played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the California / Anaheim Angels.
Shortstop for Angels (1992–98)
A former
After brief Major League trials from 1989–91, DiSarcina replaced Dick Schofield as the Angels' regular shortstop in 1992 and held the job through 1998. He was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1995, a strike-shortened year when he batted a career-high .307 in 99 games played. He missed six weeks of action during that season, from August 4 through September 18, after sustaining a torn ligament in his thumb.[2]
In
All told, DiSarcina played in 1,086 Major League games, all with the Angels; his 966 hits included 186
DiSarcina wore several numbers over the course of his career. He wore the number 4 during his first season. He changed to number 11, then to number 33 (in tribute to Larry Bird), and finally to number 9 for his remaining four seasons.[4]
A DiSarcina fly ball was caught by Texas Ranger Rusty Greer for the final out of Kenny Rogers' perfect game on July 28, 1994.[5]
Minor league manager, MLB executive
After DiSarcina's playing career ended, he was associated with the Red Sox for several seasons, as baseball operations consultant to the team's front office, an in-studio analyst for the
In 2011–12, he returned to the Angels as an assistant to
He then came back to the Red Sox organization for one season —
Coaching career
DiSarcina's success at Pawtucket earned him a Major League managerial interview for the opening with the Seattle Mariners (who would hire Lloyd McClendon). On November 5, 2013,[8] he joined the 2014 staff of Angels' manager Mike Scioscia, taking over the third-base coach's job from Dino Ebel, promoted to bench coach.[9] After two seasons at third base, DiSarcina was shifted across the diamond to coach first base when Ron Roenicke rejoined Scioscia's staff for 2016 after a five-year absence.[10]
On November 11, 2016, the Red Sox announced that DiSarcina would return to the Boston organization for a third time, as the 2017 bench coach on the MLB staff of manager
On November 2, 2021, the Washington Nationals hired DiSarcina to be their 3rd base coach for the 2022 season.[13]
See also
References
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ a b "Of Witches, Hexes, and Plain Bad Luck: The Reputed Curse of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ", SABR
- ^ UMass Inducts 2005 Hall Of Fame Class :: Aprile, Bartley, DiSarcina, Roe, Scurry, and Whelchel joined Hall on Friday
- ^ Gary DiSarcina Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
- ^ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Texas Rangers 4, California Angels 0".
- ^ The Providence Journal, 2012-12-11 Archived December 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Providence Journal, 2013.12.05 Archived December 5, 2013, at archive.today
- ^ boston.com
- ^ Los Angeles Times
- ^ Angels.com, Nov. 18, 2015
- ^ Browne, Ian (November 11, 2016). "DiSarcina thrilled to come home, join Sox staff". MLB.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ Queens Chronicle, November 15, 2018
- ^ "Nats hire coaches DiSarcina, Bones, Young Jr". November 3, 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)