Joe Pettini
Joe Pettini was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States on January 26th, 1955 and is the Baseball Manager. At the age of 69, Joe Pettini biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Joseph Paul "Joe" Pettini (born January 26, 1955) is a retired Major League Baseball player and former bench coach for the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros.
Personal life
In 1981, Joe Pettini and his partner Barbara were married. Amy in 1983 and Joseph in 1987. He attended Brooke High School. Joe and his family now reside in Bethany, West Virginia.
Playing career
Pettini attended Brooke High School in Wellsburg, West Virginia, and Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He spent his time with the Mercer baseball team, winning 196 games in a row, but was not selected in the MLB draft. After graduating from Mercer, Pettini joined the Montreal Expos as an undrafted free agent. Pettini was sent by the San Francisco Giants on March 15, 1980, as the player to be named later in a 1979 trade in which the Giants sent Montreal backup catcher John Tamargo. On July 10, 1980, Pettini made his major-league debut for the Giants. Will continue to play for the Giants as a part-time player from 1980-1903, amassing a total of 344 big-league at-bats and a.203 average. Pettini's playing career included his appearance in a triple play involving the Giants against the San Diego Padres on October 3, 1980.
Pettini, an infielder for the Giants, appeared in second base, third base, and shortstop. He played in the big leagues for the final time on October 2, 1983. Pettini would join the Louisville Redbirds in 1984, later becoming an agent for the St. Louis Cardinals, extending his long association with the team. Pettini played for Louisville for three seasons.
Susan McGuire, the minor leagues' manager, and coaching career, but not as much as a coach.
After his playing career came to an end in 1988, Joe Pattini stayed with the Cardinals as a mentor. He started off as a general manager for the Cleveland franchise in 1989, then moved to the Class A St. Petersburg affiliate from 1991 to 1993, and Class AAA Louisville from 1994 to 1996, where he led the Redbirds to the 1995 American Association championship. Pettini won a total record of 475–569.
Pettini was promoted to minor league field coordinator for the St. Louis Cardinals organization in 1997, where he remained until 2002. As coordinator, he was charged with coordinating spring training schedules for up to 200 Cardinal minor leaguers each spring, as well as making decisions on what Cardinal prospects were sent to, and coaching those players during the minor league season.