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* [[Washington Nationals]] ({{mlby|2022}}–{{mlby|2023}})
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* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1995]])
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1995]])
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'''Gary Thomas DiSarcina''' (born November 19, 1967) is an American former [[professional baseball]] [[shortstop]] and third base coach for the [[Washington Nationals]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). He played his entire career for the [[Los Angeles Angels|California / Anaheim Angels]].
'''Gary Thomas DiSarcina''' (born November 19, 1967) is an American former [[professional baseball]] [[shortstop]] and coach. He played his entire [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) career for the [[Los Angeles Angels|California / Anaheim Angels]].


==Shortstop for Angels (1992–98)==
==Shortstop for Angels (1992–98)==
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In 2011–12, he returned to the Angels as an assistant to [[general manager (baseball)|general managers]] [[Tony Reagins]] and [[Jerry Dipoto]], and also held the post of field coordinator of player instruction in the club's [[farm system]].
In 2011–12, he returned to the Angels as an assistant to [[general manager (baseball)|general managers]] [[Tony Reagins]] and [[Jerry Dipoto]], and also held the post of field coordinator of player instruction in the club's [[farm system]].


He then came back to the Red Sox organization for one season — {{baseball year|2013}} — as manager of the [[Pawtucket Red Sox]], Boston's [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] affiliate.<ref>[http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2012/12/report-disarcina-to-manage-pawsox.html ''The Providence Journal'', 2012-12-11] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215013732/http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2012/12/report-disarcina-to-manage-pawsox.html |date=2012-12-15 }}</ref> During 2013, he led the PawSox to a first-place finish in the IL North Division with an 80–63 [[Win–loss record|record]] and into the finals of the [[Governors' Cup]] championship, before his club fell to the [[Durham Bulls]]. For his efforts, he was selected 2013 Minor League Manager of the Year by ''[[Baseball America]]''.<ref>[http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2013/12/disarcina-wins-minor-league-manager-of-the-year-award.html ''The Providence Journal'', 2013.12.05] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131205192513/http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2013/12/disarcina-wins-minor-league-manager-of-the-year-award.html |date=2013-12-05 }}</ref> DiSarcina's four-year managerial record through 2013 is 205–162 (.559).
He then came back to the Red Sox organization for one season — {{baseball year|2013}} — as manager of the [[Pawtucket Red Sox]], Boston's [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] affiliate.<ref>[http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2012/12/report-disarcina-to-manage-pawsox.html ''The Providence Journal'', 2012-12-11] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215013732/http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2012/12/report-disarcina-to-manage-pawsox.html |date=December 15, 2012 }}</ref> During 2013, he led the PawSox to a first-place finish in the IL North Division with an 80–63 [[Win–loss record|record]] and into the finals of the [[Governors' Cup]] championship, before his club fell to the [[Durham Bulls]]. For his efforts, he was selected 2013 Minor League Manager of the Year by ''[[Baseball America]]''.<ref>[http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2013/12/disarcina-wins-minor-league-manager-of-the-year-award.html ''The Providence Journal'', 2013.12.05] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131205192513/http://blogs.providencejournal.com/sports/red-sox/2013/12/disarcina-wins-minor-league-manager-of-the-year-award.html |date=December 5, 2013 }}</ref> DiSarcina's four-year managerial record through 2013 is 205–162 (.559).


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
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On November 11, 2016, the Red Sox announced that DiSarcina would return to the Boston organization for a third time, as the 2017 bench coach on the MLB staff of manager [[John Farrell (manager)|John Farrell]].<ref name="redsoxBC">{{cite web|first=Ian|last=Browne|title=DiSarcina thrilled to come home, join Sox staff|date=November 11, 2016|work=MLB.com|url=http://m.redsox.mlb.com/news/article/208648610/gary-disarcina-hired-as-red-sox-bench-coach/|access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> In that role, he succeeded [[Torey Lovullo]], who departed on November 4 to become manager of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]. DiSarcina served one season in that post, until Farrell's firing two days after Boston fell in the [[American League Division Series]]. On November 5, 2017, DiSarcina took over as the 2018 bench coach of the [[New York Mets]] on the staff of new manager [[Mickey Callaway]]. After one year as bench coach, he was reassigned to become the Mets' 2019 third-base coach.<ref>[http://www.qchron.com/opinion/sports_beat/mets-gm-shakes-it-up/article_cc8b9f94-e4ac-52ea-9181-7fff17d9593b.html Queens Chronicle, November 15, 2018]</ref>
On November 11, 2016, the Red Sox announced that DiSarcina would return to the Boston organization for a third time, as the 2017 bench coach on the MLB staff of manager [[John Farrell (manager)|John Farrell]].<ref name="redsoxBC">{{cite web|first=Ian|last=Browne|title=DiSarcina thrilled to come home, join Sox staff|date=November 11, 2016|work=MLB.com|url=http://m.redsox.mlb.com/news/article/208648610/gary-disarcina-hired-as-red-sox-bench-coach/|access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> In that role, he succeeded [[Torey Lovullo]], who departed on November 4 to become manager of the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]. DiSarcina served one season in that post, until Farrell's firing two days after Boston fell in the [[American League Division Series]]. On November 5, 2017, DiSarcina took over as the 2018 bench coach of the [[New York Mets]] on the staff of new manager [[Mickey Callaway]]. After one year as bench coach, he was reassigned to become the Mets' 2019 third-base coach.<ref>[http://www.qchron.com/opinion/sports_beat/mets-gm-shakes-it-up/article_cc8b9f94-e4ac-52ea-9181-7fff17d9593b.html Queens Chronicle, November 15, 2018]</ref>


On November 2, 2021, the [[Washington Nationals]] hired DiSarcina to be their bench coach for the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32542972/washington-nationals-revamp-coaching-staff-hire-gary-disarcina-ricky-bones-eric-young-jr|title = Nats hire coaches DiSarcina, Bones, Young Jr|date = 3 November 2021}}</ref>
On November 2, 2021, the [[Washington Nationals]] hired DiSarcina to be their 3rd base coach for the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32542972/washington-nationals-revamp-coaching-staff-hire-gary-disarcina-ricky-bones-eric-young-jr|title = Nats hire coaches DiSarcina, Bones, Young Jr|date = November 3, 2021}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Gary DiSarcina
DiSarcina with the Mets in 2019
Shortstop
Born: (1967-11-19) November 19, 1967 (age 56)
Malden, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 23, 1989, for the California Angels
Last MLB appearance
May 8, 2000, for the Anaheim Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average.258
Home runs28
Runs batted in355
Teams
As player

As coach

Career highlights and awards

Gary Thomas DiSarcina (born November 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and coach. He played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the California / Anaheim Angels.

Shortstop for Angels (1992–98)

DiSarcina with the Angels in 1992

A former shortstop who stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg), DiSarcina was raised in Billerica, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 1987, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] He was drafted by the California Angels in the sixth round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.

After brief Major League trials from 1989–91, DiSarcina replaced Dick Schofield as the Angels' regular shortstop in 1992 and held the job through 1998. He was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1995, a strike-shortened year when he batted a career-high .307 in 99 games played. He missed six weeks of action during that season, from August 4 through September 18, after sustaining a torn ligament in his thumb.[2]

In 1998, his finest all-around season, he was voted the Angels' team MVP.[3] That year, in 157 games played, DiSarcina reached career highs in hits (158) and runs batted in (56), while batting .287. But it was his last full season as a player; his career, hampered by injuries — including a broken arm that cost him half of the 1999 season[2] — wound down during the next two years. He played only 12 games in 2000 and was out of baseball in 2001 before attempting a final comeback in 2002 in the Boston Red Sox organization with the Pawtucket Red Sox.

All told, DiSarcina played in 1,086 Major League games, all with the Angels; his 966 hits included 186 doubles, 20 triples and 28 home runs.

DiSarcina wore several numbers over the course of his career. He wore the number 4 during his first season. He changed to number 11, then to number 33 (in tribute to Larry Bird), and finally to number 9 for his remaining four seasons.[4]

A DiSarcina fly ball was caught by Texas Ranger Rusty Greer for the final out of Kenny Rogers' perfect game on July 28, 1994.[5]

Minor league manager, MLB executive

After DiSarcina's playing career ended, he was associated with the Red Sox for several seasons, as baseball operations consultant to the team's front office, an in-studio analyst for the New England Sports Network, minor league manager and instructor. He skippered the Lowell Spinners of the Short Season-A New York–Penn League for three above-.500 seasons (2007–09) and served as the Red Sox' minor league infield instruction coordinator in 2010. DiSarcina was also the third base coach for Italy in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

In 2011–12, he returned to the Angels as an assistant to general managers Tony Reagins and Jerry Dipoto, and also held the post of field coordinator of player instruction in the club's farm system.

He then came back to the Red Sox organization for one season — 2013 — as manager of the Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston's Triple-A minor league affiliate.[6] During 2013, he led the PawSox to a first-place finish in the IL North Division with an 80–63 record and into the finals of the Governors' Cup championship, before his club fell to the Durham Bulls. For his efforts, he was selected 2013 Minor League Manager of the Year by Baseball America.[7] DiSarcina's four-year managerial record through 2013 is 205–162 (.559).

Coaching career

DiSarcina as third base coach for the Los Angeles Angels in 2015

DiSarcina's success at Pawtucket earned him a Major League managerial interview for the opening with the Seattle Mariners (who would hire Lloyd McClendon). On November 5, 2013,[8] he joined the 2014 staff of Angels' manager Mike Scioscia, taking over the third-base coach's job from Dino Ebel, promoted to bench coach.[9] After two seasons at third base, DiSarcina was shifted across the diamond to coach first base when Ron Roenicke rejoined Scioscia's staff for 2016 after a five-year absence.[10]

On November 11, 2016, the Red Sox announced that DiSarcina would return to the Boston organization for a third time, as the 2017 bench coach on the MLB staff of manager John Farrell.[11] In that role, he succeeded Torey Lovullo, who departed on November 4 to become manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. DiSarcina served one season in that post, until Farrell's firing two days after Boston fell in the American League Division Series. On November 5, 2017, DiSarcina took over as the 2018 bench coach of the New York Mets on the staff of new manager Mickey Callaway. After one year as bench coach, he was reassigned to become the Mets' 2019 third-base coach.[12]

On November 2, 2021, the Washington Nationals hired DiSarcina to be their 3rd base coach for the 2022 season.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Of Witches, Hexes, and Plain Bad Luck: The Reputed Curse of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ", SABR
  3. ^ UMass Inducts 2005 Hall Of Fame Class :: Aprile, Bartley, DiSarcina, Roe, Scurry, and Whelchel joined Hall on Friday
  4. ^ Gary DiSarcina Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
  5. ^ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Texas Rangers 4, California Angels 0".
  6. ^ The Providence Journal, 2012-12-11 Archived December 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ The Providence Journal, 2013.12.05 Archived December 5, 2013, at archive.today
  8. ^ boston.com
  9. ^ Los Angeles Times
  10. ^ Angels.com, Nov. 18, 2015
  11. ^ Browne, Ian (November 11, 2016). "DiSarcina thrilled to come home, join Sox staff". MLB.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  12. ^ Queens Chronicle, November 15, 2018
  13. ^ "Nats hire coaches DiSarcina, Bones, Young Jr". November 3, 2021.

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Preceded by
Bruce Crabbe
 Lowell Spinners manager
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Bruce Crabbe
Preceded by Pawtucket Red Sox manager
2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Los Angeles Angels third base coach
2014–2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Los Angeles Angels first base coach
2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Boston Red Sox bench coach
2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New York Mets bench coach
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New York Mets third base coach
2019–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Washington Nationals third base coach
2022–2023 		Succeeded by
TBA
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