American baseball player (1936-2017)
Baseball player
Herm Starrette
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1936-11-20
)
November 20, 1936
Statesville, North Carolina
, U.S.
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Died:
June 2, 2017
(2017-06-02)
(aged 80)
Statesville, North Carolina, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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July 1, 1963, for the Baltimore Orioles
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May 10, 1965, for the Baltimore Orioles
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Win?loss record
| 1?1
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Earned run average
| 2.54
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Strikeouts
| 21
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- As player
- As coach
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Herman Paul Starrette
(November 20, 1936 ? June 2, 2017) was an American
relief pitcher
;
pitching and bullpen coach
; and
farm system
official in
Major League Baseball
. Starrette was a native and lifelong resident of
Statesville, North Carolina
. He attended
Lenoir Rhyne College
in nearby
Hickory
. During his playing days, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall, and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Starrette played his nine-year (1958?66) pitching career in the
Baltimore Orioles
organization, and spent parts of three seasons (1963?65) at the Major League level. Appearing in 27 MLB
games
, he pitched in 46
innings
and split two decisions with an
earned run average
of 2.54. He allowed 43
hits
and 16
bases on balls
,
struck out
21 and earned one
save
.
His coaching career began with the Orioles'
Triple-A
farm club, the
Rochester Red Wings
, in 1967, and the following season he succeeded
George Bamberger
as Baltimore's roving minor league pitching instructor. The Orioles' system of the time was celebrated for developing young pitching, and after six seasons in that job, Starrette became a Major League pitching coach for the
1974 Atlanta Braves
. He would spend the next 28 years as a pitching coach, bullpen coach, minor league instructor, coordinator of instruction, and farm system director with the Braves, Orioles,
San Francisco Giants
,
Philadelphia Phillies
,
Milwaukee Brewers
,
Chicago Cubs
,
Montreal Expos
and
Boston Red Sox
. He was the pitching coach of the
1980 world champion
Phillies.
Starrette was a trusted associate of
Dan Duquette
, working with him in Milwaukee, Montreal and Boston as a farm system official and minor and Major League coach. After Duquette's ouster as
general manager
in Boston in February
2002
, Starrette retired from baseball.
Starrette died June 2, 2017.
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References
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edit
]
- Boston Red Sox 2001 media guide.
- Marcin, Joe, and Byers, Dick, eds.,
The Baseball Register, 1977 edition.
St. Louis:
The Sporting News
.
External links
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