Joe Kerrigan Essentials Positions: Pitcher Bats: R Throws: RHeight: 6′ – 5″ Weight: 205Born: Saturday, January 30, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA USADebut: 7/9/1976Last Game: 4/12/1980Full Name: Joseph Thomas Kerrigan Nine Players Who Debuted in 1976 Andre DawsonDale MurphyWillie WilsonGarry TempletonDennis MartinezBruce SutterRick SutcliffeJoaquin AndujarMark Fidrych All-Time Teammate Team Coming Soon Notable Events…
The Yankees continue to makeover their coaching staff when Ron Guidry, a former three-time 20-game winner, is named to replace Mel Stottlemyre as the team’s pitching coach, and former Red Sox skipper Joe Kerrigan joins the team as its bullpen coach. Earlier in the week, former big league managers Larry Bowa (third base coach), Lee Mazzilli (bench coach), and Tony Pena (first base coach) also are added to Joe Torre’s staff.
The Red Sox replace Joe Kerrigan, who was fired last week, with Grady Little, who will manage the team for two years, compiling a 188-136 (.580) record and making one appearance in the postseason as the AL wild card. The once-popular skipper’s contract will not be renewed for 2004 when he becomes the target of fans’ angst for not pulling out starter Pedro Martinez with a three-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the ALCS, a contest Boston will eventually lose in the eleventh on Aaron Boone’s walk-off home run.
Red Sox skipper Joe Kerrigan becomes the fourth manager to be fired during spring training. The team’s former pitching coach, who guided the club to a 17-26 record after taking over for Jimy Williams last August, had signed a multi-year contract to be Boston’s field boss with then-GM Dan Duquette, but was not favored by the new ownership that took control last month.
Boston OF Carl Everett is suspended for four games by the Red Sox. Everett was late for a scheduled workout on Sunday and got into a shouting match with manager Joe Kerrigan after being told to go home.
After piloting the team to 13 games above .500 in spite of numerous injuries to key players, manager Jimy Williams is fired by the Red Sox. The ousted skipper is replaced by the club’s well-respected pitching coach, Joe Kerrigan, but will fade completely down the stretch.
1977 – In a swap that helps both teams‚ the Orioles trade P Rudy May‚ Randy Miller‚ and Bryn Smith to the Expos for P Don Stanhouse‚ P Joe Kerrigan‚ and OF Gary Roenicke.
At Montreal, the Phillies win their 13th straight, a 20th century club record, beating the Expos, 7 – 5. Warren Brusstar is the winner over Joe Kerrigan.
1976 – In a twinbill, the Expos’ Joe Kerrigan wins a pair from the Cardinals with two innings of relief work in both games, for the first two wins of his career. Montreal wins, 7 – 5 and 8 – 7.
1976 – Larry Dierker tosses the fifth no-hitter in franchise history, a 6-0 gem over Montreal . He supports his own cause with a sacrifice fly while batterymate Ed Herrmann drives in two, one on his first National League homer . Dierker fans Pepe Mangual and Jim Lyttle before Mike Jorgensen taps out to first for the final out.