Rick Adair
| Rick Adair | |
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| Pitching coach | |
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Born: January 19, 1958 Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
| Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| Professional debut | |
| 1979 for the Alexandria Mariners | |
| Last professional appearance | |
| 1985 for the Chattanooga Lookouts | |
| Minor League Baseball statistics (through 1985) | |
| Win-loss record | 44–46 |
| Earned run average | 3.92 |
| Strikeouts | 474 |
| WHIP | 1.480 |
| Teams | |
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Michael Richard Adair (born January 19, 1958 in Spartanburg, South Carolina) is the pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles and a former minor league baseball player.
Playing career
As a player, Adair played college baseball at Western Carolina University and was drafted by the then-newly formed Mariners in the third round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.[1][2] Injuries ended his career seven years later, having peaked at the Triple-A level.[2]
Coaching career
He has held various coaching jobs since the end of his playing career, mostly as a minor-league pitching coach, with the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations. He held major league coaching jobs with Cleveland, Detroit, and Seattle. Prior to being appointed to his former position with Seattle, Adair spent four seasons as a minor-league pitching coordinator for the Texas Rangers.[3]
He was suspended on September 11, 1997, for 2 games after a postgame confrontation with the umpires.[4]
Adair served as pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball club.[1] In 2011, he was hired as the bullpen coach for the Baltimore Orioles.[5] Adair took over pitching coach Mark Connor's position after the latter resigned on June 14.[6] In August of 2013 Adair went on a leave of absence, due to personal reasons, from his post as the pitching coach of The Baltimore Orioles and was succeeded by Bill Castro.[7]
Personal
Adair is the nephew of former MLB pitcher and pitching coach Art Fowler.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rick Adair - The Baseball Cube
- ↑ Rick Adair - BR Bullpen
- ↑ http://thebaseballcube.com/misc/tags.asp?S=Suspensions
- ↑ http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/10/orioles_agree_with_adair_as_bu.html
- ↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110614&content_id=20469476&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal
- ↑ Gary Thorne, MASN, broadcast of Baltimore Orioles v. Boston Red Sox, August 27, 2013.
- ↑ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/larrystone/2011373021_stone18.html
External links
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors) and BR Bullpen
| Preceded by Mark Wiley |
Cleveland Indians pitching coach 1992–1993 |
Succeeded by Phil Regan |
| Preceded by Jon Matlack |
Detroit Tigers pitching coach 1996–1999 |
Succeeded by Dan Warthen |
| Preceded by Mel Stottlemyre |
Seattle Mariners pitching coach 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Carl Willis |
| Preceded by Alan Dunn |
Baltimore Orioles bullpen coach 2011 |
Succeeded by Bill Castro |
| Preceded by Mark Connor |
Baltimore Orioles pitching coach 2011-2013 |
Succeeded by Bill Castro |