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Giants Hire Pat Burrell As High-A Hitting Coach

By Connor Byrne | January 13, 2020 at 10:48pm CDT

The Giants have named former major league outfielder Pat Burrell as the hitting coach for their High-A affiliate in San Jose, the organization announced.

This is the latest in a growing line of roles with the Giants for the 43-year-old Burrell. He wrapped up his long playing career with the team from 2010-11, helping the Giants to a World Series title in the first of those seasons. Burrell eventually became a scout for the Giants, and “a well-regarded” one at that, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area notes.

Before he finished his career as a member of the Giants, Burrell – the No. 1 pick in the 1998 draft – spent time with the Phillies and Rays. Although he struggled in Tampa Bay, where he played parts of two seasons, Burrell was a threat at the plate for the majority of his career. Pat the Bat will now pass on his hitting expertise to some of the young talent in the San Francisco organization.

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  1. Rangers29

    6 years ago

    Man, slow day.

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  2. Baseball 1600

    6 years ago

    Nice. Very underrated Giant from that 2010 team.

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    • ChapmansVacuum

      6 years ago

      Bay Area homegrown too.

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  3. clrrogers 2

    6 years ago

    Crazy that Burrell never made an All-Star team. He had a couple of really nice years.

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    • letimmysmoke55

      6 years ago

      yeah bs

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  4. ChapmansVacuum

    6 years ago

    He went to my high school for a year before transferring to the private school, and his mom was the receptionist in my office in jr high. He signed his draft deal the spring I was in 8th grade, and she retired before the next year early lol.

    When I was in high school Pat, who knew my coach that was a year or two older and played in the minors, came by and hit BP on our varsity field he was launching balls over the warehouse for field equipment that was 10 feet beyond the wall!

    Good luck with the future coaching career for a boy from the San Lorenzo Valley. Bay Area native coming back again to a local franchise.

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    • cpdpoet

      6 years ago

      Am a red/blue striped phillies fan from birth. Burrell was the phillies version of Lindros, when you peel back the hype….a great dude and player…

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  5. sss847

    6 years ago

    pat burrell once broke a mirror high-fiving himself

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    • The Human Toilet

      6 years ago

      He banged my wife and later that night he banged my sister too.

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      • findingnimmo

        6 years ago

        Your user name says it all

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        • nymetsking

          6 years ago

          Pat Burrell’s his father?

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  6. letmeclearmythroat74

    6 years ago

    Who cares

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    • HubcapDiamondStarHalo

      6 years ago

      Please tell us about your accomplishments in MLB?

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      • baseballpun

        6 years ago

        He got arrested for lewd behavior at Great American Ballpark.

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  7. artfay

    6 years ago

    I never watched Phillies games but how bad was his defense? Looking at his stats I’m surprised how little WAR he put up. Plenty of seasons around 900 OPS

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    • DTD_ATL

      6 years ago

      Well, WAR is the most useless stat. He was never great but was a very good player. We don’t need nerds to tell us that.

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    • moody

      6 years ago

      Nobody kept him around for his defense. Dude could rake…

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      • pustule bosey

        6 years ago

        that is why they call him pat the bat, (and it sounds better than pat the glove)

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      • victorg

        6 years ago

        i actually remember him being a poor hitter … kind of just like a slugger … homer or strike out type guy not exactly sure you want him teaching youngsters.

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        • nymetsking

          6 years ago

          He’s the perfect guy then. That’s what 90% of the league is.

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        • hopper15

          5 years ago

          His plate discipline was very good.

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    • Ruben_Tomorrow 2

      6 years ago

      Even as a Mets fan, I really appreciated watching Pat the Bat play, despite him being one of the most prolific Mets killers to ever play the game. He really was a tremendous hitter and very underrated throughout his career.

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    • disadvantage

      6 years ago

      Well, when he and Aubrey Huff were in the outfield together on the Giants, they were referred to as the “Water Buffalo defense”, if that is any indication.

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  8. sam00991

    6 years ago

    PAT THE BATTTTT!

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    • jleve618

      6 years ago

      I’m glad someone else posted this, if it would have taken 4 hours for me to come in and do it, that would have been sad. PAT THE BAT!!!

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  9. Black&Orange&Silver

    6 years ago

    Biggest offseason move for Farhan.

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  10. Yankees1000%

    6 years ago

    Pat the best

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  11. phillyballers

    6 years ago

    The Machine!

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  12. njmatt82

    6 years ago

    Pat has seen more balls than Jim Mcgreevey.

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