Mike Aldrete

Mike Aldrete
Oakland Athletics – No. 14
Outfielder / Coach
Born: (1961-01-29) January 29, 1961 Carmel, California
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 29, 1986, for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1996, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Batting average	.263
Home runs	41
Runs batted in	271
Teams
San Francisco Giants (1986–1988) Montreal Expos (1989–1990) San Diego Padres (1991) Cleveland Indians (1991) Oakland Athletics (1993–1995) California Angels (1995–1996) New York Yankees (1996)

Michael Peter Aldrete (born January 29, 1961) is a former first baseman/outfielder in Major League Baseball and is currently the first base coach for the Oakland Athletics.

Aldrete was a four-year letterman at Stanford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication . He is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. From 1986 through 1996, Aldrete played for the San Francisco Giants (1986–88), Montreal Expos (1989–90), San Diego Padres (1991), Cleveland Indians (1991), Oakland Athletics (1993–95), California Angels (1995–96) and New York Yankees (1996). He batted and threw left-handed. Chris Berman of ESPN referred to him as Mike "Enough" Aldrete.

Aldrete's best season was 1987 when he hit .325 with 51 runs batted in (RBI), 50 runs, 116 hits and 18 doubles, all career-highs.

Aldrete's teams made the playoffs twice. The Giants reached the 1987 National League Championship Series and he was a member of the 1996 World Series champion Yankees.

Since 2001, Aldrete has maintained a role in professional baseball as a coach. After three years in the minors in the Arizona Diamondbacks chain, he has been a first base coach for the Seattle Mariners (2004) and served as the hitting coach for the Diamondbacks (2005–06). Aldrete served as assistant hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals since 2008 and was the bench coach for the Cardinals. until leaving for the Oakland Athletics on October 27, 2014.

See also

• List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
• Baseball Library
• The Baseball Page
• BR Bullpen
• The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2005. Format: Paperback, 1824pp. Language: English. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3

Preceded by Position created	St. Louis Cardinals assistant hitting coach 2008–2011	Succeeded by John Mabry
Preceded by Joe Pettini	St. Louis Cardinals bench coach 2012–2014	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Chip Hale	Oakland Athletics bench coach 2015	Succeeded by Mark Kotsay
Preceded by Tye Waller	Oakland Athletics first base coach 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent