Tony DeFrancesco
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Born: April 24, 1963 Suffern, New York |
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| MLB statistics (through 2012 season) |
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| Games | 41 | ||
| Win–Loss Record | 16–25 | ||
| Winning % | .390 | ||
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Anthony John DeFrancesco (born April 24, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) interim manager with the Houston Astros. He was brought up from the Astros' Triple-A affiliate, the Oklahoma RedHawks, during the 2012 MLB season. Previously, he spent six seasons as manager of the Sacramento River Cats and served one season as third-base coach for the Oakland Athletics of MLB. He was also a catcher in the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds farm systems from 1984 to 1992.
DeFrancesco was a minor league coach and manager for the Oakland Athletics farm system for fourteen years, managing teams in the Arizona Rookie League, Northwest League, California League, Texas League, and Pacific Coast League (PCL). As the manager of the PCL's River Cats, (Oakland's Triple-A farm club), DeFrancesco led the team to three PCL titles in five years, winning the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award and The Sporting News Minor League Manager of the Year award in 2003. The River Cats won the 2007 Bricktown Showdown under DeFrancesco.
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