Frank I. Cacciatore (born April 25, 1955 in Tampa, Florida[1]) is currently a minor league baseball coach in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He is a former minor league baseball player and manager[1] and a former college baseball coach.
Playing career
editCacciatore played in the Detroit Tigers organization in 1975 and 1976. For the Lakeland Tigers in 1975, he hit .223 in 72 games. In nine games for the Montgomery Rebels in 1976, he hit .200. Overall, he batted .220 in 81 minor league games.
Post-playing career
editAfter his minor league playing career ended, Cacciatore coached baseball at the college level for many years. In 1986, he managed the Hyannis Mets, a collegiate summer baseball team in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League.[2]
Cacciatore's first minor league managerial job came in 1988, when he was a last-minute replacement as manager of the Auburn Astros of the short-season Class A New York–Penn League. (Jim Coveney had been named manager of the Auburn Astros for 1988 but replaced Gary Tuck as manager of the Asheville Tourists in mid-season, before he had managed a single game for Auburn.[3]) In Auburn, Cacciatore was the first professional manager of future Major League Baseball stars Luis Gonzalez and Kenny Lofton, both of whom were selected by the Houston Astros in the 1988 draft and assigned to Auburn to begin their professional baseball careers.[4]
As of 2012, Cacciatore has managed seven different teams at the short-season Class A, full-season Class A, and Double-A levels of Minor League Baseball.[1] Cacciatore has also coached in the Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, and New York Mets systems. He is currently the hitting coach for the Reading Fightin Phils.[5]
Year-by-year Minor League managerial record
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (December 2022) |
| Year | Team | League | Record | Finish | Organization | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Auburn Astros | New York–Penn League | 42-33 | 5th | Houston Astros | |
| 1990 | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | 66-77 | 9th | Houston Astros | |
| 1991 | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | 55-83 | 14th | Houston Astros | |
| 1996 | Shreveport Captains | Texas League | 73-66 | 3rd | San Francisco Giants | |
| 1997 | San Jose Giants | California League | 60-80 | 10th | San Francisco Giants | |
| 1999 | Portland Sea Dogs | Eastern League | 65-77 | 9th (t) | Florida Marlins | |
| 2006 | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | 58-82 | 14th | New York Mets | |
| 2007 | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | 68-71 | 8th | New York Mets | Lost in 1st round |
References
edit- ^ a b c Baseball Reference Minors
- ^ Finn, Frank (September 12, 1985). "Mets hire new coach". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. p. 10.
- ^ "Astros report". Houston Chronicle. 26 May 1988. p. 15. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "1988 Auburn Astros Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "Minor League Baseball". Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
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