Rob Picciolo

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Rob Picciolo
Shortstop
Born: (1953-02-04) February 4, 1953 Santa Monica, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 9, 1977 for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
October 6, 1985 for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics
Batting average	.234
Home runs	17
Runs batted in	109
Teams
As Player Oakland Athletics (1977–1982) Milwaukee Brewers (1982–1983) California Angels (1984) Oakland Athletics (1985) As Coach San Diego Padres (1990–2005) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2006–2013)

Robert Michael Picciolo (born February 4, 1953) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played nine seasons in the major leagues, from 1977 to 1985, for the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and California Angels, the predecessor of his current team. He was primarily a shortstop, but also played at third base and second base.

Picciolo was notorious for not drawing bases on balls. In 1,628 major league at bats, he walked only 25 times.

Picciolo is the longest-tenured coach in San Diego Padres history, serving 16 consecutive years between 1990 and 2005. From 2006 to 2010, he served as the Angels' roving infield instructor.^[1] He was named the Angels' bench coach on November 10, 2010.^[1] He was fired by the Angels on October 8, 2013.^[2]

He has two sons, Breton and Dustin Picciolo. Both sons attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

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External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Retrosheet

Preceded by Ron Roenicke	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Bench Coach 2010–2013	Succeeded by Dino Ebel

Persondata
Name	Picciolo, Rob
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	February 4, 1953
Place of birth	Santa Monica, California
Date of death
Place of death

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