Joe Girardi

Joe Girardi
Girardi managing the Yankees in 2011
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Catcher / Manager
Born: (1964-10-14) October 14, 1964 (age 52) Peoria, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 4, 1989, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 2003, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics (through 2016 season)
Batting average	.267
Home runs	36
Runs batted in	422
Managerial record	897–723
Winning %	.554
Teams
As player Chicago Cubs (1989–1992) Colorado Rockies (1993–1995) New York Yankees (1996–1999) Chicago Cubs (2000–2002) St. Louis Cardinals (2003) As coach New York Yankees (2005) As manager Florida Marlins (2006) New York Yankees (2008–present)
Career highlights and awards
As player All-Star (2000) 3× World Series champion (1996, 1998, 1999) As manager World Series champion (2009) NL Manager of the Year (2006)

As player

As coach

As manager

Joseph Elliott Girardi (born October 14, 1964) is an American professional baseball manager for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Formerly a catcher, Girardi played for the Chicago Cubs, the Colorado Rockies, the Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2006, he managed the Florida Marlins and was named the National League Manager of the Year.

Girardi, the fourth son of Jerry, a former blue collar worker and United States Air Force veteran, and Angela Girardi, was born in Peoria, Illinois and grew up in East Peoria, Illinois. He attended East Peoria's Neil Armstrong grade school; and Peoria's Sacred Heart/Father Sweeney, where he was coached in basketball by his father. He then attended Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute in Peoria, Illinois, where he played quarterback for the football team and catcher for the baseball team. He went on to play baseball at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering. He was the first freshman to be elected president of a fraternity (Alpha Tau Omega) at Northwestern.

The Chicago Cubs drafted Girardi in the fifth round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft. He spent four seasons in the Cubs minor leagues system before making his major league debut. In 1986, Girardi batted .309 in 68 games with the Peoria Chiefs of the Midwest League. In 1989, he also played for the Águilas del Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League.