Rick Adair
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Rick Adair
| image = Rick Adair in 2013 (8673225401).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| team =
| number = 41
| position = Pitching coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|01|19}}
| birth_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| teams =
- Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|1993}})
- Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1999}})
- Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|2009}}–{{mlby|2010}})
- Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|2011}}–{{mlby|2013}})
}}
Michael Richard Adair (born January 19, 1958) is an American former professional baseball coach and former player.
Playing career
As a player, Adair played college baseball at Western Carolina University and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/Rick-Adair.shtml Rick Adair - The Baseball Cube] Injuries ended his career seven years later, having peaked at the Triple-A level.
Coaching career
He has held various coaching jobs since the end of his playing career, mostly as a minor-league pitching coach, with the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations. He held major league coaching jobs with Cleveland, Detroit, and Seattle. Prior to being appointed to his former position with Seattle, Adair spent four seasons as a minor-league pitching coordinator for the Texas Rangers.{{cn|date=June 2022}}
He was suspended on September 11, 1997, for 2 games after a postgame confrontation with the umpires.{{cite web|url=http://thebaseballcube.com/misc/tags.asp?S%3DSuspensions |title=Suspensions |accessdate=February 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127044249/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/misc/tags.asp?S=Suspensions |archivedate=January 27, 2013 }}
Adair served as pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners.[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2012577357_wakamatsu10.html Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu] Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu{{cite news |title=Mariners hire Adair, Wetteland as coaches |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3743166 |access-date=December 5, 2022 |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=December 3, 2008}} In 2011, he was hired as the bullpen coach for the Baltimore Orioles.{{cite web | url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/10/orioles_agree_with_adair_as_bu.html | title=Video: 2010 Orioles outlook }} Adair took over pitching coach Mark Connor's position after the latter resigned on June 14.{{cite web| url = http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110614&content_id=20469476&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106195003/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110614&content_id=20469476&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal| archive-date = 2012-11-06| title = Orioles pitching coach Mark Connor resigns; Rick Adair to assume pitching coach duties {{!}} orioles.com: Official Info}} Adair went on a leave of absence for personal reasons and was succeeded as pitching coach by Bill Castro on August 16, 2013.[https://apnews.com/article/6fbeecc21f014d16afcbbdd70b1968d0 Ginsburg, David. "Orioles pitching coach Adair on leave of absence," The Associated Press, Friday, August 16, 2013.] Retrieved October 9, 2023.
Personal
Adair is the nephew of former MLB pitcher and pitching coach Art Fowler.{{cite web | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/larrystone/2011373021_stone18.html | title=The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest }}
References
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External links
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{{succession box | title=Cleveland Indians pitching coach | years=1992–1993 | before=Mark Wiley | after=Phil Regan}}
{{succession box | title=Detroit Tigers pitching coach | years=1996–1999 | before=Jon Matlack | after=Dan Warthen}}
{{succession box | title=Seattle Mariners pitching coach | years=2009–2010 | before=Mel Stottlemyre | after=Carl Willis}}
{{succession box | title=Baltimore Orioles bullpen coach | years=2011 | before=Alan Dunn | after=Bill Castro}}
{{succession box | title=Baltimore Orioles pitching coach | years=2011–2013 | before=Mark Connor | after=Bill Castro}}
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