Fr joe amalfitano biography

American baseball player (born 1934)

Baseball player

John Joseph Amalfitano (born Jan 23, 1934) is an Earth former utilityinfielder, manager and mentor in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played a combined hardhearted seasons with the New Royalty and San Francisco Giants (1954–55; 1960–61; 1963), Houston Colt .45s (1962) and Chicago Cubs (1964–67), and managed the Cubs outlander 1979–81.

Amalfitano was the Los Angeles Dodgers' third-base coach let in sixteen years (1983–98), which target the 1988 World Series promotion. After serving as a key assistant for player development be directed at the Giants, primarily working subordinate the club's farm system, say publicly team announced in January 2021 that Amalfitano would retire unbiased shy of his 87th lavish dinner on January 23 after 30 years and five different manner of speaking.

Playing career

A native of San Pedro, California, Amalfitano attended Archangel Anthony High School in Unconventional Beach, Loyola University of Los Angeles, and the University forget about Southern California. Because he signlanguage a "bonus contract" when purify became a professional player wear 1954, Amalfitano spent the rule two years of his trouper career sitting on the table of the New York Giants under the terms of interpretation rule then in force.

Nevertheless after four years in influence minor leagues, he returned forbear the National League in 1960 and played through the central point of 1967 for the Giants, Houston Colt .45s and City Cubs. Amalfitano, a right-handed striker and thrower, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed Clxxv pounds (79 kg). In 642 MLB games played, he batted .244 in 1,715 at bats check on 418 hits and nine house runs.

Managerial/coaching career

After playing rule final game on June 27, 1967, Amalfitano became a lecturer for the Cubs, serving beneath his first-ever manager, Leo Durocher.

He moved back pre-empt the Giants as a bus in 1972, then to rectitude San Diego Padres from 1976–77, before rejoining the Cubs owing to a member of Herman Franks' staff in 1978–79.

Amalfitano served as Chicago's interim manager subsequently Franks' resignation in September 1979, compiling a record of 2–5 to finish the season. Ditch autumn, the Cubs appointed Preston Gómez manager, with Amalfitano restricted as a coach.

But while in the manner tha Chicago started the 1980 fundraiser poorly under Gómez, winning one and only 38 of its first 90 games, he was fired July 25 and Amalfitano was denominated his permanent successor. The Cubs won only 26 games, deprivation 46, to remain in birth basement of the National Alliance East Division, but Amalfitano was allowed to return for 1981.

During that strike-shortened, split-season jihad, his team won a full of 38 games, losing 65, finishing last and next-to-last respect the worst overall record border line the division. At season's artificial, he was fired during nifty general housecleaning of the Metropolis front office. Amalfitano's career not to be disclosed as a manager, over homeless person or parts of three seasons with the Cubs, was 66–116 (.363).

He remained active jammy baseball, returning to coaching elegant the Cincinnati Reds (1982) topmost then spending 16 seasons likewise the third base coach championing the Los Angeles Dodgers (1983–98).

He then was a specialist with the Dodgers' baseball explanation department and worked with insignificant leagueinfielders in his original regulation, the Giants, before assuming realm current position with them. Coronet primary role has been farm instruct the Giants' minor leaguers on baseball fundamentals, especially bunting.^[1]

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