Anthony Iapoce
American professional baseball coach (born 1973)
Baseball player
| Anthony Iapoce | |
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| Detroit Tigers – No. 99 | |
| Outfielder / Coach | |
| Born: (1973-08-23) August 23, 1973 (age 50) Astoria, New York, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Left | |
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Anthony Joseph Iapoce (born August 23, 1973) is an American former baseball player, who is the current first base coach for the Detroit Tigers.
Career
Iapoce played college baseball at Lamar University and was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 33rd round of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft.[1] He played in the Brewers organization until 2000 and spent 2002 and 2003 in the Florida Marlins organization, after which he spent 2004 and 2005 playing with the Gary SouthShore Railcats of the independent Northern League.
Coaching career
Prior to the 2016 season, Iapoce was hired by the Texas Rangers to be their hitting coach, a position he held through the 2018 season.
On October 15, 2018, the Chicago Cubs hired Iapoce to be their hitting coach.[2] Iapoce began the 2019 season wearing number 43, but switched to number 4 on June 23 upon the call up of Tony Barnette. Iapoce and the Cubs parted ways following the 2021 season.[3]
On February 3, 2022, Iapoce was hired by the Boston Red Sox to serve as the senior hitting coordinator.[4] On January 9, 2023, Iapoce was hired by the Detroit Tigers to be the new manager for the Toledo Mud Hens.
On December 1, 2023, the Detroit Tigers promoted Iapoce to first base coach.[5]
References
- ^ Astoria native Iapoce hits the big leagues
- ^ Rangers finalize coaching staff: Anthony Iapoce is hitting instructor
- ^ Salkowski, Keith (5 October 2021). "Cubs Expected to Part Ways with Hitting Coach Anthony Iapoce". MLBTradeRumors.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Red Sox hire former Cubs hitting coach Anthony Iapoce as senior hitting coordinator". 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Anthony Iapoce to take over as Tigers first base coach". SB Nation.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
| Preceded by | Texas Rangers hitting coach 2016-2018 | Succeeded by Luis Ortiz |
| Preceded by | Chicago Cubs hitting coach 2019-2021 | Succeeded by Greg Brown |
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Detroit Tigers current roster
- 4 Beau Brieske
- 8 Matt Vierling
- 9 Jack Flaherty
- 12 Casey Mize
- 13 Gio Urshela
- 15 Carson Kelly
- 17 Andrew Chafin
- 19 Will Vest
- 20 Spencer Torkelson
- 21 Mark Canha
- 25 Matt Manning
- 28 Javier Báez
- 29 Tarik Skubal
- 30 Kerry Carpenter
- 31 Riley Greene
- 33 Colt Keith
- 34 Jake Rogers
- 39 Zach McKinstry
- 43 Joey Wentz
- 45 Reese Olson
- 46 Wenceel Pérez
- 49 Alex Faedo
- 55 Alex Lange
- 68 Jason Foley
- 77 Andy Ibáñez
- 87 Tyler Holton
- 22 Parker Meadows
- 32 Ryan Kreidler
- 38 Dillon Dingler
- 40 Buddy Kennedy
- 50 Ryan Vilade
- 51 Eddys Leonard
- 52 Brendan White
- 53 Mason Englert
- 54 Keider Montero
- 59 Wilmer Flores
- 60 Akil Baddoo
- -- Easton Lucas
- Manager 14 A. J. Hinch
- Bench coach 26 George Lombard
- Hitting 37 Keith Beauregard
- Pitching 41 Chris Fetter
- Major league coach 44 Gary Jones
- Third base 56 Joey Cora
- Assistant pitching/Bullpen 61 Juan Nieves
- Assistant pitching 63 Robin Lund
- Catching 83 Ryan Sienko
- Assistant Hitting 90 Michael Brdar
- Assistant hitting 91 Lance Zawadzki
- Bullpen catcher 98 Jeremy Carrell
- First base 99 Anthony Iapoce
- Bullpen catcher 97 Tim Remes
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