Herm Starrette

Herm Starrette
Pitcher
Born: (1936-11-20)November 20, 1936
Statesville, North Carolina
Died: June 2, 2017(2017-06-02) (aged 80)
Statesville, North Carolina
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 1, 1963, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
May 10, 1965, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Win–loss record1–1
Earned run average2.54
Innings pitched46
Teams
As player
As coach

Herman Paul Starrette (November 20, 1936 – June 2, 2017) was an American relief pitcher; pitching and bullpen coach; and farm system official in Major League Baseball. Starrette was a native and lifelong resident of Statesville, North Carolina. He attended Lenoir Rhyne College in nearby Hickory. During his playing days, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall, and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

Starrette played his nine-year (1958–66) pitching career in the Baltimore Orioles organization, and spent parts of three seasons (1963–65) at the Major League level. Appearing in 27 MLB games, he pitched in 46 innings and split two decisions with an earned run average of 2.54. He allowed 43 hits and 16 bases on balls, struck out 21 and earned one save.

His coaching career began with the Orioles' Triple-A farm club, the Rochester Red Wings, in 1967, and the following season he succeeded George Bamberger as Baltimore's roving minor league pitching instructor. The Orioles' system of the time was celebrated for developing young pitching, and after six seasons in that job, Starrette became a Major League pitching coach for the 1974 Atlanta Braves. He would spend the next 28 years as a pitching coach, bullpen coach, minor league instructor, coordinator of instruction, and farm system director with the Braves, Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. He was the pitching coach of the 1980 world champion Phillies.

Starrette was a trusted associate of Dan Duquette, working with him in Milwaukee, Montreal and Boston as a farm system official and minor and Major League coach. After Duquette's ouster as general manager in Boston in February 2002, Starrette retired from baseball.

Starrette died June 2, 2017.[1]

References

  • Boston Red Sox 2001 media guide.
  • Marcin, Joe, and Byers, Dick, eds., The Baseball Register, 1977 edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News.

External links

Preceded by
Lew Burdette
Atlanta Braves pitching coach
1974–1976
Succeeded by
Johnny Sain
Preceded by
Buck Rodgers
Don McMahon
San Francisco Giants pitching coach
1977–1978
1983–1984
Succeeded by
Larry Shepard
Bob Miller
Preceded by
Ray Rippelmeyer
Philadelphia Phillies pitching coach
1979–1981
Succeeded by
Claude Osteen
Preceded by
Pat Dobson
Milwaukee Brewers pitching coach
1985–1986
Succeeded by
Chuck Hartenstein
Preceded by
Billy Connors
Chicago Cubs pitching coach
1987
Succeeded by
Dick Pole
Preceded by
Mark Wiley
Baltimore Orioles pitching coach
1988
Succeeded by
Al Jackson
Preceded by
John Wathan
Dave Carlucci
Boston Red Sox bullpen coach
1995
1996–1997
Succeeded by
Dave Carlucci
Dick Pole

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