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American baseball player (born 1963)
Baseball player
Rich Monteleone
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1963-03-22
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March 22, 1963
(age 61)
Tampa, Florida
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB:
April 15, 1987, for the Seattle Mariners
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NPB:
April 11, 1995, for the Chunichi Dragons
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NPB:
July 14, 1995, for the Chunichi Dragons
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MLB:
July 11, 1996, for the California Angels
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Win?loss record
| 24?17
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Earned run average
| 3.87
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Strikeouts
| 212
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Win?loss record
| 2?4
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Earned run average
| 6.55
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Strikeouts
| 19
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Richard Monteleone
(born March 22, 1963) is an American former
professional baseball
pitcher
and coach.
Career
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Monteleone was the first round pick (20th overall) for the
Detroit Tigers
in the
1982 draft
. However, he began his major league career with the
Seattle Mariners
in 1987. After a year in Seattle, Monteleone pitched
relief
for the
California Angels
from 1988 to 1989, the
New York Yankees
from 1990 to 1993, the
San Francisco Giants
in 1994, and the Angels again from 1995 to 1996. In 1995, he started the season in
Nippon Professional Baseball
(NPB) with the
Chunichi Dragons
before returning to the Angels.
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After his last season as a player in 1996, Monteleone became a
coach
for the Yankees. While he was most recently with the big league team, Monteleone has also coached Yankees'
minor league
teams during his tenure. From 2002 to 2004, Monteleone served as the bullpen coach for the Yankees, and was a special pitching instructor for the team from 2005 to 2008. He was fired by the team after the
2008 season
.
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Personal life
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Monteleone and his wife Loretta have two daughters, Chelsea Rhae and Alexis Blake.
References
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External links
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