Major League Baseball mourned this Monday after meeting the death of the iconic Pat Corrales at the age of 82, remembered for being the first manager of Mexican descent in the MLB with various teams, before becoming a long-term coach of the Atlanta Braves.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, a team in which he has served as special assistant to the general manager since 2012, were in charge of announcing the unfortunate news. occurred Sunday night due to natural causes at his home, located in the mountainous area of the north of the state of Georgia.
Corrales became the first manager of Mexican descent in the Majors at the hands of the Texas Rangers In between 1978 and 1980, there he left a win-loss record of 160-164.
He was away from the bench for a couple of years and in 1982 he became a pilot for the Philadelphia Phillies, a team with which he spent two seasons and achieved 132 wins by 115 losses.
His last chance as a manager was with the then Cleveland Indians.an organization he led for five seasons, leaving a negative mark of 280 laurels for 355 losses.
No longer and more successful role was achieved with the Atlanta Braves, when he took over as bench coach between 1990 and 2006, being part of that impressive team that won the East Division of the National League 14 consecutive times and put the icing on the cake with the World Series in 1995.
Precisely the Georgia team was one of those who mourned the death of the former receiver and sent their condolences to the relatives. “The Atlanta Braves mourn the death of Pat Corrales, their longtime bench coach. We extend our condolences to his friends and family at this difficult time.”.
The Mexican American finished his career in MLB coaching staffs as coach of the Washington Nationals before assuming his position in the offices of the Dodgers.
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