The Cubs fired batting coach Gerald Perry on Sunday, replaced with Von Joshua. Being a Sox fan, I'm no stranger to batting coaches under fire. The Sox have stood by Greg Walker despite the White Sox offense being shut out nine times thus far. I always wonder how can a guy who hit .260 with under 1000 career hits be a skilled teacher of hitting. I was curious as to what is an average resume of a Major League batting coach, so I dug up all of this...
Career hits among ML Batting Coaches
2153 Don Mattingly LAD
2135 Don Baylor COL
2091 Hal McRae STL
2074 Carney Lansford SFG
1897 Terry Pendleton ATL
1557 Kevin Seitzer KCR
1229 Howard Johnson NYM
1220 Brook Jacoby CIN
1197 Dave Magadan BOS
1060 Gene Tenace TOR
1029 Milt Thompson PHI
976 Steve Henderson TBD
946 Mickey Hatcher LAA
875 Jim Presley FLA
746 Greg Walker CHW
726 Jim Lefebvre SDP
657 Sean Berry HOU
632 Jack Howell ARI
610 Von Joshua CHC
597 Dale Sveum MIL
379 Terry Crowley BAL
294 Lloyd McClendon DET
2 Alan Cockrell SEA
0 Kevin Long NYY
0 Don Vavra MIN
0 Derek Shelton CLE
0 Rudy Jaramillo TEX
0 Rick Eckstein WSH
0 Jim Skaalen OAK
0 Don Long PIT
Mattingly the only career .300 hitter in the bunch. Consider that the Dodgers are the best team in baseball this year... Pittsburgh, Washington, and Oakland have been doormats as of late... But then again Rudy Jaramillo has the reputation as one of the best... But then again the Yankees just buy talent, who cares who coaches them... Okay, this proves little, but it's fun to make lists.
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