Rob Picciolo died Wednesday at age 64. He coached for the Padres, the longest tenured coach in team history:
All told, Picciolo spent 20 years in the Padres organization after a nine-year big league career carried him from the Athletics to the Brewers to the Angels. He was a minor league manager at rookie-level Spokane (1986-87), a roving infield instructor (1988-1990), a first base coach (mid-1990-1992), bench coach (1993-2002) and third base coach (2003-2005).
In the majors, Picciolo served under managers Greg Riddoch, Jim Riggleman and Bruce Bochy.
Picciolo’s post-San Diego days took him back to Anaheim, where he was a roving infield instruction from 2006 to 2010 and a bench coach under Mike Scioscia from 2010 to 2013.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Picciolo played nine season in the majors, mostly as a utility infielder. His value rested entirely in his glove, as his .234/.246/.312 slash line was bad even for the relatively low offensive era in which he played.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2E6E5Qj
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