Pat Corrales, Manager of Three Major League Teams, Dies at 82
Pat Corrales, who managed the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies earlier than a protracted stint on the Atlanta Braves teaching employees below the Hall of Fame skipper Bobby Cox, died on Sunday at his residence within the north Georgia mountains. The first Major League supervisor of Mexican descent, he was 82.
The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed his dying. He had labored within the Dodgers’ entrance workplace since 2012, most not too long ago as a particular assistant to the overall supervisor.
A local of Los Angeles, Corrales was a backup catcher with 4 groups over a largely nondescript profession within the majors, compiling a .216 common with 4 homers and 54 runs batted in over 9 seasons. He made his solely postseason look as a participant with the Cincinnati Reds within the 1970 World Series, grounding out to Brooks Robinson for the ultimate out within the Baltimore Orioles’ five-game victory.
Corrales was much more notable for his post-playing profession. He grew to become the primary big-league supervisor of Mexican descent when, as a coach with the Rangers, he took over the staff for the ultimate recreation of the 1978 season.
He went on to handle the Rangers for 2 full seasons, ending with a document of 160-164. He was employed because the Phillies’ supervisor in 1982, going 89-73 in his solely full season with the staff. He was fired in the midst of the next season, when the staff was in first place within the National League East however had a disappointing document of 43-42.
The Phillies’ basic supervisor, Paul Owens, moved to the dugout to exchange him and guided the staff to the World Series, the place they misplaced to Baltimore in 5 video games.
Corrales was rapidly employed by Cleveland, ending out the 1983 season as supervisor and persevering with in that publish over 5 seasons. After a 102-loss marketing campaign in 1985, Cleveland bounced again to an 84-78 mark the following yr. But Corrales was fired in 1987 with the staff mired at 31-56. His total mark in Cleveland was 280-355.
Corrales adopted with a protracted teaching stint in Atlanta, engaged on Cox’s employees from 1990 to 2006. That tenure coincided with the Braves’ emergence as a Major League powerhouse, which included a document 14 straight division titles and a World Series championship in 1995.
“During that run, he was the guy, doing a lot of the heavy lifting,” Braves Manager Brian Snitker stated this week earlier than a recreation at Colorado. “He was a baseball guy through and through.”
Corrales completed his profession within the dugout as a coach with the Washington Nationals. He was additionally a coach with the Yankees in 1989.
He is survived by his spouse of 40 years, Donna Myers Corrales; two daughters, Rena Hammerness and Patricia Collins; and a son, Jason. Another son, Patrick, and one other daughter, Michele Pollitt, died earlier than him.
