Juan Lopez (baseball coach, born 1952)
Juan López (born: November 6, 1952 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) has spent many years in professional baseball. He was the New York Mets batting practice coach and advance scout coordinator in 2002 and 2003 and their bullpen pitcher in 2008. Juan's cousin Luis Isaac has been the Cleveland Indians bullpen coach for the past 13 years and has been working for the Indians organization since 1965.
He played in the minor leagues from 1971 to 1984.[1]
Coaching roles
(incomplete)
- 1985 Roving instructor Detroit Tigers
- 1996 Hitting coach Pittsfield Mets
- 1997-1998, 2001 Hitting coach Capital City Bombers
- 1999-2000, 2006 Hitting coach Kingsport Mets
- 2002-2003 Batting practice coach, advance scout coordinator New York Mets
- 2004 Hitting coach Gulf Coast Mets
- 2005 Coach Brooklyn Cyclones
- 2008 Bullpen pitcher New York Mets
- 2009 Coach St. Lucie Mets
- 2009 Bench coach Kingsport Mets
- 2010 Coach Kingsport Mets
- 2011 Coach Lansing Lugnuts
- 2012 Coach GCL Blue Jays