Samuel Benedict Perlozzo (born March 4, 1951) is a former
second baseman and
manager
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in
Major League Baseball
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, most recently with the
Baltimore Orioles
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.
Biography
After graduating from
Bishop Walsh School
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in Cumberland, Maryland, Perlozzo was drafted by the Twins after playing college ball at
George Washington University
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, preside ...
. His professional baseball career included parts of two seasons as a reserve with the
Minnesota Twins
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and
San Diego Padres
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, along with one season with the
Yakult Swallows
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in 1980.
Going into the last game of the 1977 season Perlozzo's teammate,
Rod Carew
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, had 99 RBIs. Perlozzo started the game at shortstop in place of
Roy Smalley, and just as Perlozzo was about to bat for the first time in the game, manager
Gene Mauch
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grabbed him by the arm and said, "I want you to go up there and hit a triple, right now, this at-bat. You hit a triple, understand?" Perlozzo did hit a triple, and Carew hit a single to gain his 100th RBI of the season.
With the Orioles, he was promoted from bench
coach
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to interim manager after manager
Lee Mazzilli
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was fired on August 4, 2005, during the team's worst losing streak of the season. The Orioles went 23–32 under Perlozzo that season. On October 12, the "interim" title was dropped as Perlozzo was named the team's manager. In 2006, Perlozzo's first full season as manager of the Orioles, the team finished with a 70–92 record.
Orioles owner
Peter Angelos
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fired Perlozzo as the team's manager on June 18, 2007. Perlozzo was replaced by bullpen coach
Dave Trembley
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on an interim basis then, after some success, had the interim tag removed.
On November 5, 2007, the
Seattle Mariners
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announced that Perlozzo had been hired as their third base coach.
In 2009, Perlozzo was hired by the
Philadelphia Phillies
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to be the team's third base coach. He was moved to first base coach for the 2011 season after former Orioles manager
Juan Samuel
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joined the Phillies staff as third base coach. On October 3, 2012, Perlozzo was dismissed by the Phillies.
Managerial record
See also
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Baseball coaches from Maryland
American expatriate baseball players in Japan
Baltimore Orioles coaches
Baltimore Orioles managers
Baseball players from Maryland
Cincinnati Reds coaches
Dubuque Packers players
Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
George Washington Colonials baseball players
George Washington University alumni
Hawaii Islanders players
Major League Baseball bench coaches
Major League Baseball second basemen
Major League Baseball third base coaches
New York Mets coaches
Norfolk Tides managers
Orlando Twins players
Philadelphia Phillies coaches
Reno Silver Sox players
San Diego Padres players
Seattle Mariners coaches
Sportspeople from Cumberland, Maryland
Tacoma Twins players
Tidewater Tides players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Yakult Swallows players