Glenn Sherlock

Glenn Patrick Sherlock (born September 26, 1960) American professional baseball coach. He is currently a coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He previously was one of the original coaches for the Arizona Diamondbacks, serving for 19 consecutive seasons (1998–2016).[1] He was the team's longtime bullpen coach, although he spent stints as bench coach (2003), first base coach (2004) and third base coach (2004; 2014).[2]

Glenn Sherlock
Sherlock with the Mets in 2017
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 53
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1960-09-26) September 26, 1960
Nahant, Massachusetts
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

Sherlock attended Rollins College, and in 1981 and 1982 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3][4] He was originally signed by the Houston Astros as their 21st pick in the 1983 MLB Draft. A catcher, he played in the Astros and New York Yankees farm system until he retired in 1988, without having made it to the Majors.

Coaching and managerial career

He managed the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Yankees (1990; 1993) and led the Class A Fort Lauderdale Yankees in 1991, when he was named a coach for the Florida State League All-Star Game. His three-year minor league managerial record wrapped up at 121-128 (.486) and then he went down under to hone his managerial skills in the winter of 1993, leading the Canberra Bushrangers in the Australian Baseball League.

Sherlock was catching instructor for the Yankees twice, working in the bullpen in 1992, then once again in 1994 and 1995. He was employed for ten seasons in the Yankee chain either as a minor league player, coach or manager.

Brought to the Diamondbacks in 1996 as a minor league instructor by Buck Showalter, the team's first manager and also a veteran of the Yankee farm system, Sherlock worked for eight different managers in his 19 seasons on the D-back's MLB staff. On November 15, 2016, it was announced that Sherlock would replace Tim Teufel as the Mets' new third base coach and a catching instructor.

Sherlock joined the Pittsburgh Pirates as a coach prior to the 2020 season.[5]

References

  1. MLB.com, 2014.10.16
  2. Retrosheet
  3. "Cape League Baseball". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. July 2, 1981. pp. S12.
  4. "Cape Cod Baseball League". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. April 18, 1982. pp. S25.
  5. Bill Hartlep (December 23, 2019). "Pirates add Glenn Sherlock to coaching staff". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Clete Boyer
New York Yankees bench coach
1995
Succeeded by
Don Zimmer
Preceded by
Alan Trammell
Arizona Diamondbacks bench coach
2015–2016
Succeeded by
Ron Gardenhire
Preceded by
Tim Teufel
New York Mets third base coach
2017–2018
Succeeded by
Gary DiSarcina
Preceded by
Rubén Amaro Jr.
New York Mets first base coach
2019
Succeeded by
Tony DeFrancesco
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