Toronto Blue Jays Personnel - Toronto Blue Jays Executives, Toronto Blue Jays Scouts, Pat Gillick, J. P. Ricciardi, Paul Godfrey (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Toronto Blue Jays Executives, Toronto Blue Jays Scouts, Pat Gillick, J. P. Ricciardi, Paul Godfrey, Edward Samuel Rogers, Peter Bavasi, Jim Fanning, Sam Pollock, Pete Peterson, Jim Lett, Karl Kuehl, Paul Beeston, Gord Ash, Alex Anthopoulos, Billy Smith (Baseball, Born 1930), Peter N.e. Hardy. Excerpt: Pat Gillick (born August 22, 1937)) was the general manager of four Major League Baseball teams. He guided teams to three World Series championships in his career: 1992 and 1993 titles with the Toronto Blue Jays, and a 2008 title with the Philadelphia Phillies. Born in Chico, California, Gillick attended USC and joined the Delta Chi Fraternity. He graduated in 1958 with a degree in business. He was also a gifted pitcher, playing on the 1958 National Title baseball team at USC and spending five years in the Baltimore Orioles minor league system, venturing as high as Triple-A. Gillick retired from playing and began a front-office career in 1963 when he became the assistant farm director with the Houston Astros. He would eventually work his way up to the position of Director of Scouting before moving to the New York Yankees system in 1974 as a Coordinator of Player Development. In 1976 he moved again, this time to the expansion Toronto Blue Jays, becoming their Vice President of Player Personnel, and in 1977, their Vice President of Baseball Operations. In 1984 he was named Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations. As Toronto's general manager, Gillick won five division titles (1985, 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993) and led the club to their first World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. Shortly after Gillick left, the Blue Jays went into decline, not finishing higher than 3rd place until the 2006 season. In 1995, Gillick was named the gener... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1563399