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Gary Pettis Won’t Return To Astros’ Staff In 2025

By Steve Adams | October 14, 2024 at 12:24pm CDT

The Astros are parting ways with third base/outfield coach Gary Pettis after 10 seasons, reports USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. Pettis hasn’t technically been fired, but his contract expired at the end of the 2024 season and will not be renewed for the 2025 campaign.

Pettis, 66, played in parts of 11 big league seasons, spending the bulk of his time with the Angels but also appearing in three seasons as a Tiger, two as a Ranger and one as a Padre. He never provided a ton of offense, hitting .236/.332/.310 in more than 4200 MLB plate appearances, but he swiped 354 bags and won five Gold Gloves in center field. Those 354 steals are currently tied with Starling Marte for 106th in big league history.

After wrapping up his playing career, Pettis held coaching gigs with the Halos, White Sox, Mets and Rangers from 1995 through 2014. His decade-long stint with the Astros has been the lengthiest stop of his coaching career by far. He’s worked under three general managers (Jeff Luhnow, James Click, Dana Brown) and three managers as well (A.J. Hinch, Dusty Baker, Joe Espada). If he wants to continue his coaching work, he should have ample interest from other clubs given his background in the area.

Moving on from Pettis is, thus far, the only change to Houston’s coaching staff. The club has not yet formally announced its 2025 staff, so it’s possible there will be more turnover revealed in the weeks ahead. The 2024 season was Espada’s first year as manager after six seasons as the bench coach — first under Hinch and later under Baker. Espada retained Baker’s entire coaching staff after taking the reins in Houston heading into the current season, with first base coach Omar Lopez being promoted to bench coach duties, replacing Espada in that regard. Dave Clark, who’d been managing in the Astros’ minor league ranks, joined the big league staff and took over Lopez’s duties as first base coach.

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  1. Lefty_Orioles_Fan

    9 months ago

    I would love to have Garry Pettis on the Orioles staff…he is excellent

    Can’t believe he is 66 years old

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  2. Steinbrenner2728

    9 months ago

    A little funny story about Pettis is that his 1985 Topps Rookie Card pictured his younger brother Stacey instead of himself.

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  3. User 2770661946

    9 months ago

    We knew the tension was going to boil over between him and Espada. No one can work under the conditions Espada has implemented and it showed with that first round TKO.

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    • User 1939973770

      9 months ago

      Yes, because it’s entirely 100% Espada’s fault. It surely isn’t payroll constraints, lingering effects of the 2022-2023 offseason, or a rookie GM.

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      • User 2770661946

        9 months ago

        Glad we agree.

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    • Astro fan 111

      9 months ago

      What tension? What conditions? What is your source?

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    • thickiedon

      9 months ago

      Terry, you’ll have to divulge more

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  4. proton

    9 months ago

    He could come to Seattle. Maybe move into his kids house if he still has one. Seems like a great guy.

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  5. Melchez17

    9 months ago

    Played for the Tigers… Coached under Hinch in Houston. Pettis to the Tigers?

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    • The Natural

      9 months ago

      Tigers can find a spot for him. I wonder if Counsell could use him on the Cubs? He could help PCA a bit on base running and perhaps Nico and Seiya.

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  6. Halo11Fan

    9 months ago

    Eric Young is a horrible coach, so come back to Anaheim.

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  7. rev halofan

    9 months ago

    Angels traded Pettis for Dan Petty. Best CF for a washed up arm. Still stings.

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  8. thickiedon

    9 months ago

    He’s 66. Thanks for churning the windmill at third, Mr. Pettis. Enjoy retirement, sir!

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  9. User 2976510776

    9 months ago

    Gary Pettis and Devon White earned 4 CF gold gloves in 5 years in the 80s. Trout zip. And I never hear the Angels today even mention the two. The only 80s player they celebrate is Mike Witt. No tradition. They only care about the early 2000s team for some reason that they have to bring out every spring training to “fire up the team” and even then only certain players.

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    • we_dont_talk_about_that

      9 months ago

      Jim Abbott was in the late ‘80s as well.

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  10. Halo11Fan

    9 months ago

    Downing, Grich, Carew, Joyner, Baylor, Finley. The only 80s player worth celebrating is Witt?

    Did you follow the team in the 80s?

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    • User 2976510776

      9 months ago

      Dude Carew is with the Twins know cause they don’t even speak to one another. What planet you on? Remember the whole taking away his tickets thing? And not just the 80d. Where’s Figgins, Aybar, KRrod, iszuris? Huh?

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      • User 2976510776

        9 months ago

        Where’s Weaver?;they gave away his number on purpose to some nobody as a message

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      • Halo11Fan

        9 months ago

        He was a hitting coach in the 90s, they don’t speak? His number is retired. And to think those players were not worth celebrating was an imbecilic comment, but feel free to double down on the stupid comment if you like.

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    • User 2976510776

      9 months ago

      What about Boone? what about Schofield? they still hold among the defensive WAR records. Todays team couldn’t catch a flu. What about Marcel Latchman?!

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      • Halo11Fan

        9 months ago

        I liked them both, but they were not really celebrated.

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  11. MLBTR needs to hire editors

    9 months ago

    Adams’ writings are a mess. Why interrupt the flow of the sentence by inserting “thus far” when it could come at the start?

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