Tommy Sandt
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| Tommy Sandt | |
|---|---|
Lake Oswego, Oregon, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 29, 1975, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 3, 1976, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .209 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 3 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Thomas James Sandt (December 22, 1950 – December 1, 2020) was an American
MLB coaching tenure lasted for 16 years. He was the first-base coach of the 1997 world-champion Florida Marlins
.
Early life
Born in
West Garden Grove, California
, in 1968.
Career
He was selected by Oakland in the second round of the
at bats, with his 14 hits including one double. In the field, he got into 29 games as a shortstop, ten as a second baseman, and two as a third baseman
.
Sandt joined the
Eastern League and Pacific Coast League from 1982 to 1986, and was voted 1984's PCL Manager of the Year while managing the Hawaii Islanders. In 1987, he joined the MLB coaching staff of Pittsburgh manager Jim Leyland, and worked under Leyland for the next 13 years with the Pirates (through 1996), Marlins (1997–1998) and Colorado Rockies (1999). He then returned to Pittsburgh for a 21⁄2-year stint under skippers Gene Lamont (2000) and Lloyd McClendon
(2001–2002).
Death
Sandt died on December 1, 2020, in
Lake Oswego, Oregon.[2]
References
- ^ Retrosheet box score (29 June 1975): "Oakland A's 7, California Angels 1"
- ^ Harrington, Mike (December 1, 2020). "Tommy Sandt, former Bisons manager and MLB coach, dies at 69". BuffaloNews.com. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet