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Pete Mackanin

{{short description|American baseball player and manager (born 1951)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Pete Mackanin

| image = Pete Mackanin on July 16, 2016 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Mackanin with the Phillies in 2016

| position = Second baseman / Manager

| team =

| number =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|8|1}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = July 3

| debutyear = 1973

| debutteam = Texas Rangers

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = October 3

| finalyear = 1981

| finalteam = Minnesota Twins

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .226

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 30

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 141

| stat4label = Managerial record

| stat4value = 227–291

| stat5label = Winning %

| stat5value = {{Winning percentage|227|291}}

| teams =

;As player

;As manager

;As coach

}}

Peter Mackanin, Jr. (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|m|ɑː|k|æ|n|ɪ|n}}; born August 1, 1951), is an American former professional baseball utility player, coach, scout, and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, and Minnesota Twins, from {{baseball year|1973}} to {{baseball year|1981}}.

Mackanin briefly managed the Pittsburgh Pirates, in {{baseball year|2005}}. Following the firing of Cincinnati Reds manager Jerry Narron, in {{baseball year|2007}}, Mackanin (who was the team's advance scout, at the time) became the acting Reds’ manager, for the duration of that campaign; the Reds then decided to replace Mackanin with Dusty Baker.

Mackanin was the Phillies' bench coach, from {{baseball year|2009}} to {{baseball year|2012}}. After spending the {{baseball year|2013}} season as a scout for the New York Yankees, he served as Philadelphia's third base coach in {{baseball year|2014}} and {{baseball year|2015}}, then became interim manager, following Ryne Sandberg’s resignation. The Phillies later announced that they were removing the "interim" label and Mackanin would serve as the team's manager in {{baseball year|2016}}. On September 29, 2017, the team announced that Mackanin would not return as the Phillies’ field manager, for the {{baseball year|2018}} season.{{cite web|url=https://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/pete-mackanin-philadelphia-phillies-manager-special-assistant-20170929.html|title=Phillies fire Pete Mackanin as manager|last=Gelb|first=Matt|publisher=Philadelphia Media Network|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=May 1, 2019}}

Major league career

Mackanin was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft and made his debut with them in 1973, after they moved and became the Texas Rangers. He was traded along with Don Stanhouse from the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Willie Davis at the Winter Meetings on December 5, 1974.[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/06/archives/major-leagues-set-up-expansion-committee2-majors-set-up-expansion.html Durso, Joseph. "Major Leagues Set Up Expansion Committee," The New York Times, Friday, December 6, 1974.] Retrieved September 27, 2022. He also played with the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins. Mackanin's best season offensively was in 1975, when he posted a .225 batting average, along with 12 home runs, and 44 runs batted in (RBI).

=Career statistics=

In a nine-year big league career, Mackanin's career statistics include 548 games played, 355 hits, 1,570 at bats, a .226 career batting average, 30 home runs, 141 RBI, and an on-base percentage of .263. He ended his career with an overall .963 fielding percentage.

Managerial career

=Early career=

After retiring as a player, Mackanin spent many years managing and coaching in the minor leagues. He became the Expos' third base coach in 1997 and spent four years in that position. After managing the minor league Hickory Crawdads and Lynchburg Hillcats in 2001 and 2002, Mackanin became the bench coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 2003 season. After Lloyd McClendon was fired, Mackanin served as the Pirates' interim manager for the last month of 2005, leading the team to a 12–14 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/mackape01.shtml|title=Pete Mackanin Managerial Record|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 1, 2019}} He spent the next season managing in the Pirates' minor league system at Bradenton.

Mackanin was hired by the Cincinnati Reds as a scout for the 2007 season, but when the team fired manager Jerry Narron on July 1 of that year, he was named the club's interim manager. Narron had led the Reds in the first half of the 2007 season to a league-worst 51 losses, but during Mackanin's tenure, the team had a winning percentage above .500. The Reds decided not to hire Mackanin on permanently for the 2008 campaign, instead deciding on veteran experience with Dusty Baker.[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070701&content_id=2061915&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnered=rss_mlb Reds replace Narron with Mackanin], Mark Sheldon, MLB.com

Mackanin was hired by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2009 as the bench coach. On October 3, 2012, the Phillies fired him by deciding not to renew his contract for the 2013 season. He was rehired by the Phillies for the 2014 season to be the 3rd base coach for Ryne Sandberg.

On June 26, 2015, Mackanin was appointed Phillies manager after Sandberg suddenly stepped down. In 2015 Mackanin was successful on a lower percentage of replay challenges than any other MLB manager with 10 or more challenges, at 76.2%.

On September 29, 2017, the Phillies announced that Mackanin would not return for the 2018 season, but would instead take on a front office role for the remainder of his contract.

=Managerial record=

{{updated| October 1, 2017}}

class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2"| Team

! rowspan="2"| From

! rowspan="2"| To

! colspan="3"| Regular season record

! colspan="3"| Post–season record

{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

! {{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

! {{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

! {{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

! {{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

! {{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

Pittsburgh Pirates

| 2005

| 2005

| {{WinLossPct|12|14}}

| colspan="3"| {{Tooltip|DNQ|Did not qualify.}}

Cincinnati Reds

| 2007

| 2007

| {{WinLossPct|41|39}}

| colspan="3"| {{Tooltip|DNQ|Did not qualify.}}

Philadelphia Phillies

| 2015

| 2017

| {{WinLossPct|174|238}}

| colspan="3"| {{Tooltip|DNQ|Did not qualify.}}

colspan="3"| Total

! {{WinLossPct|227|291}}

! {{WinLossPct|0|0}}

Venezuelan League

In between Major league seasons, Mackanin played for the Leones del Caracas, Cardenales de Lara, and Águilas del Zulia clubs of the Venezuelan Winter League during five seasons spanning 1973–80. He later managed the Águilas in two seasons, guiding the team to the 1989 Caribbean Series title.Gutiérrez, Daniel; Alvarez, Efraim; Gutiérrez (h), Daniel (2006). La Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela. LVBP, Caracas. {{ISBN|980-6996-02-X}}

Personal life

Mackanin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of Brother Rice High School and the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago.

Mackanin is married to Nancy and they have one son.

References

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