Marty DeMerritt
| Marty DeMerritt | |
|---|---|
Pitching coach | |
| Born: March 4, 1953 United States | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left |
Martin Gordon DeMerritt (born March 4, 1953) is an American
Gulf Coast League.[1] He served two different terms in Major League Baseball as a coach for the San Francisco Giants (1989) and Chicago Cubs (1999).[2]
Born in
right-hander was listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 203 pounds (92 kg). His active career, plagued by a sore arm, lasted six seasons (1971; 1973–77) in the Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros organizations, peaking at the Double-A level. Out of professional baseball at age 25, he worked in construction[3] and as a bounty-hunter in California.[4] He also coached in youth baseball in the San Francisco Bay area. In the early 1980s he was hired as a minor league pitching coach by his hometown Giants, and spent a brief period as a staff assistant with the MLB club in 1989, but eventually became the major league pitching coach for the Giants in 1989. He also coached in South Korea and in winter ball in Venezuela.[3] DeMerritt was the first American to serve as a pitching coach in Korea.[5]
He joined the
record with the pitching staff's 5.27 earned run average ranking 15th among the National League
's 16 teams.
In 2001, the
Class A
level, and he has remained in the Rays' system since, working with pitchers at the lower levels of the minors for 18 seasons.
References
- ^ Russell, Daniel, SBNation, January 5, 2016
- ^ Coach's page from Retrosheet
- ^ The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ Edes, Gordon (March 13, 1994). "Global Swarming". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)