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Pedro Guerrero (baseball, Born 1988)
Pedro Manuel Guerrero (born December 3, 1988) is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder and current coach. He is the assistant hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the nephew of former MLB Manager Manny Acta. Playing career Guerrero was born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. He played professionally in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization from 2006 through 2013, playing as high as Class A+. He batted .236/.287/.351 with 23 home runs, 29 stolen bases, and 163 RBIs in 1,382 at bats over 411 games. He played 183 games at shortstop, 111 games at third base, 97 games at second base, and two games in left field. Coaching career Guerrero was the bench coach for the rookie-league Ogden Raptors from 2016 to 2017, before being hired to be the assistant hitting coach for the Philadelphia Phillies, a role which he held through the 2021 season. On November 9, 2021, Guerrero was hired by the San Francisco Giants The San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. Although there are many rules to baseball, in general the team playing offense tries to score runs by batting balls into the field that enable runners to make a complete circuit of the four bases. The team playing in the field tries to prevent runs by catching the ball before it hits the ground, by tagging runners with the ball while they are not touching a base, or by throwing the ball to first base before the batter who hit the ball can run from home plate to first base. There are nine defensive positions on a baseball field. The part of the baseball field closest to the batter (shown in the diagram as light brown) is known as the "infield" (as opposed to the "outfield", the part of the field furthest from the batter, shown in the diagr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |