Al Pedrique
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Alfredo José Pedrique García (born August 11, 1960 in Aragua State, Venezuela), best know as "Al Pedrique" (pay-DREE-kay), is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and right-handed batter who played for the New York Mets (1987), Pittsburgh Pirates (1987, 88) and Detroit Tigers (1989).
Pedrique was signed by the Mets in 1978 and made his debut nine years later. After five games with the team, he hit .301 with the Pirates in his rookie season, but only managed a .188 cumulative batting average after that.
Pedrique was a career .247 hitter with one home run, 36 RBI, 32 runs, 18 doubles, one triple, and five stolen bases in 174 games.
After retiring, Pedrique managed in the minors for the Diamondbacks, Astros and Royals organizations from 2000-02. He came back to the majors in 2003 as a third base coach for the Diamondbacks. In 2004, he was hired as manager on an interim basis when Bob Brenly was fired in July. Pedrique compiled a 22-61 record, and was replaced by Wally Backman, and then Bob Melvin, at the end of the season.
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- Baseball Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pedrial01.shtml)