- Chad Mottola
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Chad Mottola Outfielder Born: October 15, 1971
Augusta, GeorgiaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut April 22, 1996 for the Cincinnati Reds Last MLB appearance July 26, 2006 for the Toronto Blue Jays Career statistics Batting average .200 Home runs 4 Runs batted in 12 Teams Charles Edward "Chad" Mottola (born October 15, 1971 in Augusta, Georgia) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently the hitting coach for the Las Vegas 51s.[1] He is an alumnus of the University of Central Florida.
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft (5th overall), Mottola made his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds on April 22, 1996. Mottola played in only 59 major league games in his career and is better known for his success in the minor leagues. In a 16-year minor league career, playing for 13 different teams, he hit .279 with 239 home runs and 995 RBI. He also had 1,806 hits and 180 stolen bases.
Mottola's final season was in 2007 with Syracuse, the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. After the 2007 season, Mottola accepted a coaching job with the Gulf Coast Blue Jays. On October 6, 2008, Mottola was announced as the Blue Jays minor league hitting instructor for 2009.[2]
References
- ^ Kepner, Tyler (June 5, 2010). "Five Players Who Outranked Jeter, if Only Briefly". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/sports/baseball/06jeter.html?ref=sports&src=me&pagewanted=all.
- ^ Bob Elliott (2008-10-06). "Mottola new Jays minor-league coach". torontosun.com. http://www.torontosun.com/sports/baseball/2008/10/06/6991976-sun.html. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Cincinnati Reds first-round draft picks 1965: Bernie Carbo | 1966: Gary Nolan | 1967: Wayne Simpson | 1968: Tim Grant | 1969: Don Gullett | 1970: Gary Polczynski | 1971: Mike Miley | 1972: Larry Paine | 1973: Charles Kessler | 1974: Steve Reed | 1975: Tony Moretto | 1976: Mark King | 1977: Tad Venger | 1978: Nick Esasky | 1979: Dan Lamar, Mike Sullivan | 1980: Ron Robinson | 1981: No first round pick | 1982: Scott Jones, Bill Hawley, Robert Jones | 1983: Kurt Stillwell | 1984: Pat Pacillo | 1985: Barry Larkin | 1986: Scott Scudder | 1987: Jack Armstrong | 1988: No first round pick | 1989: Scott Bryant | 1990: Dan Wilson | 1991: Pokey Reese | 1992: Chad Mottola | 1993: Pat Watkins | 1994: C. J. Nitkowski | 1995: No first round pick | 1996: John Oliver, Matt McClendon | 1997: Brandon Larson | 1998: Austin Kearns | 1999: Ty Howington | 2000: David Espinosa, Dustin Moseley | 2001: Jeremy Sowers | 2002: Christopher Gruler, Mark Schramek | 2003: Ryan Wagner | 2004: Homer Bailey | 2005: Jay Bruce | 2006: Drew Stubbs | 2007: Devin Mesoraco, Todd Frazier, Kyle Lotzkar | 2008: Yonder Alonso | 2009: Mike Leake, Bradley Boxberger | 2010: Yasmani Grandal | 2011: Robert StephensonInternational League MVP Award 1932: Owen | 1933: Rolfe | 1934: Boone | 1935: Puccinelli | 1936: McGowan | 1937: Crouse | 1938: Carnegie | 1939: Wikek | 1940: Ryba | 1941: Hutchinson | 1942: Barrett | 1943: Schoendienst | 1944: Moss | 1945: Lollar | 1946: Robinson | 1947: Sauer | 1948: Bloodworth | 1949: B. Morgan | 1950: Poholsky | 1951: Wilson | 1952: Gilliam | 1953: Nelson | 1954: Howard | 1955: Nelson | 1956: Goliat | 1957: Baxes | 1958: Nelson | 1959: Herrera | 1960: King | 1961: Savage | 1962: Martinez | 1963: Buford | 1964: J. Morgan | 1965: Foy | 1966: Epstein | 1967: Aaron | 1968: Rettemund | 1969: Alvarado | 1970: Freed | 1970: Kopacz | 1971: Grich | 1972: Evans | 1973: Fuller | 1974: Rice | 1975: Vail | 1976: Dauer | 1976: Klutts | 1976: Lis | 1977: T. Cox | 1978: Allenson | 1979: Brown | 1979: Stapleton | 1980: Brant | 1981: Butler | 1982: Ashford | 1983: Teufel | 1984: Bradley | 1985: Pasqua | 1986: Dodson | 1987: Milligan | 1988: Worthington | 1989: O'Malley | 1990: Meulens | 1991: Bell | 1992: Snow | 1993: Thome | 1994: Manto | 1995: Huskey | 1996: Hiatt | 1997: Petagine | 1998: Petagine | 1999: S. Cox | 2000: Mottola | 2001: Hall | 2002: González | 2003: Seguignol | 2004: Peralta | 2005: Victorino | 2006: Witt | 2007: Hessman | 2008: Bailey | 2009: Duncan | 2010: Johnson | 2011: Canzler
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