Baseball Guru
10-29-2003, 11:54 AM
October 28, 2003
DETROIT (AP) -- Former Tigers player Pete Incaviglia was hired by Detroit on Tuesday as coach of its Double-A Erie farm team.
Rick Sweet was hired as manager of the SeaWolves, and Mike Caldwell will be the pitching coach.
Incaviglia spent 12 years in the major leagues as an outfielder. He had a .246 career batting average and had two stints with the Tigers, hitting .214 in 97 games in 1991 and .071 in seven games in 1998.
Sweet spent the last three seasons as manager of San Diego's Triple-A team in Portland, Ore. He's been a minor league manager for 16 years following nine years in the major leagues.
Caldwell has been a minor league coach for 12 years and spent 14 seasons as a pitcher for four major league teams.
DETROIT (AP) -- Former Tigers player Pete Incaviglia was hired by Detroit on Tuesday as coach of its Double-A Erie farm team.
Rick Sweet was hired as manager of the SeaWolves, and Mike Caldwell will be the pitching coach.
Incaviglia spent 12 years in the major leagues as an outfielder. He had a .246 career batting average and had two stints with the Tigers, hitting .214 in 97 games in 1991 and .071 in seven games in 1998.
Sweet spent the last three seasons as manager of San Diego's Triple-A team in Portland, Ore. He's been a minor league manager for 16 years following nine years in the major leagues.
Caldwell has been a minor league coach for 12 years and spent 14 seasons as a pitcher for four major league teams.