Gerald Perry

For the NFL football player (born 1964), see Gerald Perry (American football).

Not to be confused with the American film critic and columnist (born 1944), Gerald Peary.

Gerald Perry

First baseman

Born: October 30, 1960
Savannah, Georgia

Batted: Left

Threw: Right

MLB debut

August 11, 1983, for the Atlanta Braves

Last MLB appearance

August 24, 1995, for the St. Louis Cardinals

MLB statistics

Batting average

.265

Home runs

Runs batted in

396

Teams

Career highlights and awards

All-Star (1988)

Gerald June Perry (born October 30, 1960) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1983 to 1995 for the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals.

Career

In 1988, Perry had his best season, batting an even .300. He was one of only five National League batters that hit .300 or better that season that had the required number of plate appearances to qualify for the batting title. Perry was a contender for the title virtually the entire season, but ended up fifth. Tony Gwynn won the title that season by batting only .313. For his efforts, Perry was named to the 1988 NL All-Star team.

In 1993 he tied a St. Louis Cardinals single-season club record with 24 pinch hits, and in 1995 he became the Cardinals all-time pinch-hit leader with 70th Cardinal pinch hit.^[1]

Perry was hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners from 2000 to 2002, the Pittsburgh Pirates from 2003 to 2005, the Oakland Athletics in 2006, and the Chicago Cubs from 2007 until he was fired on June 13, 2009. The Cubs replaced him with Von Joshua.^[2] In 2011, the Athletics re-hired him as batting coach and let go after the season ended.

He was the hitting coach for the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox in 2012. Perry joins the Erie SeaWolves for the 2013 season as their hitting coach.

He was the hitting coach for the USA team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.^[3]

References

↑ "History of St. Louis Cardinals". Archived from the original on February 14, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
↑ Muskat, Carrie. "Perry out; Joshua in as hitting coach". MLB Pro Blog. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
↑ "Torre finalizes USA's World Baseball Classic staff".

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

United States 2013 World Baseball Classic roster

4 Brandon Phillips 5 David Wright 7 Joe Mauer 8 Ryan Braun 9 J. P. Arencibia 10 Adam Jones 11 Jimmy Rollins 12 Ben Zobrist 15 Glen Perkins 18 Willie Bloomquist 21 Heath Bell 22 Jonathan Lucroy 26 David Hernandez 27 Giancarlo Stanton 32 Ryan Vogelsong 33 Mitchell Boggs 35 Eric Hosmer 40 Steve Cishek 41 Jeremy Affeldt 43 R.A. Dickey 45 Derek Holland 46 Craig Kimbrel 47 Gio Gonzalez 48 Ross Detwiler 50 Shane Victorino 52 Vinnie Pestano 55 Tim Collins 57 Luke Gregerson

Manager Joe Torre Bench coach Larry Bowa Pitching coach Greg Maddux Pitching coach Marcel Lachemann Hitting coach Gerald Perry First base coach Dale Murphy Third base coach Willie Randolph

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