Sid Monge

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Isidro Pedroza "Sid" Monge (born April 11, 1951, in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with a ten-year career from 1975 to 1984. He played for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers, all of the American League and Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres, both of the National League.

Monge was called up to the Angels after going 14-9 with a 4.63 ERA for the Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League, and made his major league debut on September 12, 1975.

He went 49-40 in his 10-year career with a 3.53 ERA. He pitched 764 innings, striking out 471.

He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1979, after a great year where he went 12-10 with a 2.40 ERA. On June 14, 2004 he was inducted into the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México, or the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame.

Sid is currently the Pitching Coach for the State College Spikes, Minor League Baseball Short Season affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.

His previous jobs include pitching coach with the New Jersey Cardinals (2003-2005), Potomac Cannons (2002), Johnson City Cardinals (2001), and Peoria Chiefs (2000), all (at the time) part of the St. Louis Cardinals farm system.