Joe Kerrigan

{{short description|American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1954)}}

{{this|the baseball player|the Australian rules footballer|Joe Kerrigan (footballer)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Kerrigan

|image=Joe Kerrigan 1978.jpg

|caption=Kerrigan with the Baltimore Orioles in {{mlby|1978}}

|position=Pitcher / Manager

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1954|1|30}}

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 9

|debutyear=1976

|debutteam=Montreal Expos

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 12

|finalyear=1980

|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=8–12

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.89

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=107

|stat4label=Managerial record

|stat4value=17–26

|stat5label=Winning %

|stat5value={{winning percentage|17|26}}

|teams=

As player

Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1977}})
Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1980}})

As manager

Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|2001}})

As coach

Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1983}}–{{mlby|1986}}, {{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|1996}})
Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1997}}–{{mlby|2001}})
Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|2003}}–{{mlby|2004}})
New York Yankees ({{mlby|2006}}–{{mlby|2007}})
Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|2009}}–{{mlby|2010}})

}}

Joseph Thomas Kerrigan (born January 30, 1954) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher, manager, and longtime pitching coach. He played for the Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles from 1976 to 1980, and managed the Boston Red Sox in 2001.

Biography

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kerrigan attended Father Judge High School and Temple University where he played in the 1972 College World Series.{{cite news |title=Former Temple Standout Joe Kerrigan Named Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Coach |url=https://owlsports.com/news/2008/10/21/102108aaa_53.aspx |access-date=3 July 2019 |work=Temple University Athletics |date=October 21, 2008 |language=en |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703233913/https://owlsports.com/news/2008/10/21/102108aaa_53.aspx |url-status=dead }} Later that summer, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Orleans Cardinals.{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}} He was selected in the first round of the 1974 amateur draft by the Montreal Expos. His major league debut was on July 9, 1976. He was acquired along with Don Stanhouse and Gary Roenicke by the Baltimore Orioles from the Expos for Rudy May, Randy Miller and Bryn Smith at the Winter Meetings on December 7, 1977.[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/08/archives/mets-get-back-foli-to-play-shortstop-mets-get-back-foli.html Durso, Joseph. "Mets Get Back Foli to Play Shortstop," The New York Times, Thursday, December 8, 1977.] Retrieved October 23, 2020 He played with the Orioles until 1980.

=Coaching career=

His coaching career began in 1983 when he was named the bullpen coach for the Expos. From 1987 to 1991, he was the pitching coach for three different Montreal farm teams, and in 1992, became the pitching coach of the Expos. From 1997 to 2001 he filled the same role for the Red Sox under manager Jimy Williams, working with 1999 and 2000 Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martínez. In August 2001, after Williams was fired, Kerrigan was named the manager and signed a multi-year contract for the position with then-GM Dan Duquette. However, he led the team to a 17–26 record and, with new ownership taking over in the offseason, was replaced by Grady Little during spring training in 2002.

Kerrigan later served as pitching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies and was hired as the bullpen coach for the New York Yankees in November 2005. In October 2008, he became the pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates.{{cite news |first= Jenifer|last= Langosch|title= Kerrigan hired as pitching coach|url= http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081020&content_id=3633357&vkey=news_pit&fext=.jsp&c_id=pit&partnerId=rss_pit|publisher=PittsburghPirates.com|date= 2008-10-20|access-date=2008-10-20}}{{cite news |agency=Associated Press|title= Kerrigan hired as Pirates pitching coach|url= https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-pirates-kerrigan&prov=ap&type=lgns|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|date= 2008-10-20|access-date=2008-10-20}} Kerrigan was relieved of his duty as pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 8, 2010.

Managerial record

rowspan="2"\|Team	rowspan="2"\|Year	colspan="5"\|Regular season	colspan="4"\|Postseason
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
Games	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
BOS\|\|{{mlby\|2001}} \|\|43\|\|17\|\|26\|\|{{Winning percentage\|17\|26}}\|\| 2nd in AL East \|\| – \|\| – \|\| – \|\| –
colspan="2"\|Total \|\|43\|\|17\|\|26\|\|{{Winning percentage\|17\|26}} \|\| \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| – \|\|