Greg Cadaret

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Greg Cadaret

|image=Greg Cadaret 0432.jpg

|team=

|number=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|2|27}}

|birth_place=Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 5

|debutyear=1987

|debutteam=Oakland Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Texas Rangers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=38–32

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.99

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=539

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Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1989}})
New York Yankees ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1992}})
Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1993}})
Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1993}})
Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1994}})
Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1994}})
Anaheim Angels ({{mlby|1997}}–{{mlby|1998}})
Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1998}})

}}

Gregory James Cadaret (born February 27, 1962) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1987 to 1998 for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Anaheim Angels, and Texas Rangers.

Career

Cadaret attended Grand Valley State University, where he played college baseball for the Grand Valley State Lakers. He was the first-ever player to be drafted from that school.{{cn|date=July 2022}}

Cadaret started his career in the minor league with the Medford A's and helped them win the 1983 Northwest League Championship in his rookie season. Cadaret appeared in the 1988 World Series as a member of the Oakland Athletics.{{cn|date=September 2020}} On June 21, 1989, the Athletics traded Cadaret, Eric Plunk, and Luis Polonia to the New York Yankees for Rickey Henderson.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/22/sports/yankees-send-henderson-back-to-oakland.html |title=Yankees Send Henderson Back to Oakland - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=June 22, 1989 |access-date=September 15, 2020}}

In 451 games, Cadaret tallied a 38–32 record, with 14 saves, 539 strikeouts and a 3.99 ERA.

Greg established the "Greg Cadaret Baseball Endowment" at Grand Valley State University in 1992 to support the varsity baseball team.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/7A218110-CF58-195E-5B90427B701080B9/fundlists/Athletics.pdf |title=Athletics Scholarship, Endowment & Program Funds |website=gvsu.edu |access-date=May 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231333/http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/7A218110-CF58-195E-5B90427B701080B9/fundlists/Athletics.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Post-playing career

After Cadaret's playing career ended, he began coaching and managing. He coached baseball at Simpson University and spent one year as manager of the Redding Colt 45s of the Horizon Air Summer Series in Redding, California. He was named manager of the Golden Baseball League's Chico Outlaws on December 4, 2008. He currently resides at his ranch in Shingletown, California.{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenbaseball.com/Chico/subcontent.aspx?SecID=805 |title=Managers and Coaches |publisher=Chico Outlaws |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709055350/http://www.goldenbaseball.com/Chico/subcontent.aspx?SecID=805 |archive-date=July 9, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}

On July 24, 2009, Cadaret was fired by the Outlaws after going 20–25 in the 2009 season. He was replaced by hitting coach Kory DeHaan.

On March 21, 2011, Comcast SportsNet California announced that they had hired Cadaret as a studio analyst for the Oakland A's 2011 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.csncalifornia.com/03/21/11/Fernando-Vina-Greg-Cadaret-join-Comcast-/landing_athletics.html?blockID=445600&feedID=3422 |title=Fernando Vina Greg Cadaret join Comcast |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724062535/http://www.csncalifornia.com/03/21/11/Fernando-Vina-Greg-Cadaret-join-Comcast-/landing_athletics.html?blockID=445600&feedID=3422 |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2014 |date=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

He was hired as pitching coach of the independent Traverse City Beach Bums minor-league team on March 10, 2014.

He was the head coach at Simpson University from April, 2014 through January, 2018.

Cadaret has previously been the Pitching Coach for the Lake Erie Crushers in the Frontier League.

Personal life

Greg graduated from Central Montcalm High School, in Stanton, Michigan, in 1980.{{cite news |last1=Schlehuber |first1=Ryan |title=Hornets' Hall of Fame |url=https://www.thedailynews.cc/articles/hornets-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=The Daily News |date=3 January 2019}} He also graduated from Grand Valley State University.