Coach Count

[Guest AG/DC]

If you believe what you read at UMDB, Oberkfell, Warthen, and Aguayo (and who wouldn't bring their legal needs to a firm with that name) will be the 91st, 92nd, and 93rd regular season guys added to the all-time coach and manager roster. The way things look, we could hit the century mark by spring training.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The definition of "coach" can sometimes be a little fuzzy.

I think that list is pretty accurate, but there may be an omission or two. (Phil Cavaretta, for example, was added much later than he should have been.)

Did you count those names right? I get that there are already 92 (including Warthen) with two more (Oberkfell and Aguayo) to be added.

[Guest AG/DC]

I saw Warthen and assumed the other two were added.

I've got 93, including the following managers who weren't also coaches:

Casey Stengel
Gil Hodges
Joe Frazier
Joe Torre
George Bamberger
Davey Johnson
Jeff Torborg
Dallas Green
Art Howe
Willie Randolph

I saw Warthen and assumed you had added all three.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Actually, my official count, including the new guys, is 95:

Acta, Manny
Aguayo, Luis
Alomar, Sandy
Alomar, Sandy
Apodaca, Bob
Bamberger, George
Baylor, Don
Benedict, Bruce
Berra, Yogi
Brantley, Mickey
Burgess, Tom
Cavarretta, Phil
Chambliss, Chris
Conti, Guy
Cottier, Chuck
Cubbage, Mike
Down, Rick
Dusan, Gene
Edwards, Doc
Engle, Dave
Floyd, Bobby
Foote, Barry
Frazier, Joe
Frey, Jim
Galante, Matt
Gibson, Bob
Green, Dallas
Haddix, Harvey
Harder, Mel
Harrelson, Bud
Heffner, Don
Hemus, Solly
Henderson, Rickey
Herzog, Whitey
Hiller, Chuck
Hodges, Gil
Hornsby, Rogers
Hoscheit, Vern
Hough, Charlie
Howard, Frank
Howe, Art
Jackson, Al
Johnson, Darrell
Johnson, Davey
Johnson, Deron
Johnson, Howard
Kress, Red
LaRoche, Dave
Lavagetto, Cookie
Manuel, Jerry
Maxvill, Dal
Mays, Willie
McCraw, Tom
McCullough, Clyde
McMillan, Roy
Monbouquette, Bill
Murphy, Johnny
Niemann, Randy
Nieto, Tom
Oberkfell, Ken
Parker, Salty
Pavlick, Greg
Perlozzo, Sam
Peterson, Rick
Pettis, Gary
Pignatano, Joe
Randolph, Willie
Robinson, Bill
Robinson, Sheriff
Robson, Tom
Rojas, Cookie
Ruffing, Red
Ruhle, Vern
Sisler, Dick
Sommers, Denny
Spahn, Warren
Spencer, Tom
Staub, Rusty
Stearns, John
Stengel, Casey
Stottlemyre, Mel
Swisher, Steve
Torborg, Jeff
Torre, Joe
Valentine, Bobby
Waits, Rick
Walker, Rube
Wallace, Dave
Walling, Denny
Warthen, Dan
Westrum, Wes
White, Ernie
Wilson, Mookie
Wine, Bobby
Yost, Eddie

[Benjamin Grimm]

AG/DC wrote: I saw Warthen and assumed you had added all three.

Nope, sorry for the confusion. I'm waiting on the other two until their actual roles are announced.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Mets have had more managers or coaches named "Tom" than any other name, 5, although if you combine the Bobs and the Bobby's you also get 5.

Strangely, they've had two coaches each with the less common names of Denny, Vern, Red, and even Cookie.

We've now had as many coaches named Ken as we've had named Solly, Salty, Sheriff, Mookie, and Rube.

[Theoldmole]

Was Bambi ever a coach? I remember him coming as manager and leaving as manager.

[Benjamin Grimm]

No, he was just a manager. The list includes guys who never coached, like Davey Johnson and Casey Stengel and others.

[Guest AG/DC]

Name one trait about each guy.

Manny Acta: caucasian-looking Dominican.

[seawolf17]

Luis Aguayo: Was a Phillie during the weird purple years.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Alomar Sr.: Conceived son Roberto while a NY Met

[RealityChuck]

Rube Walker -- best pitching coach ever.

[Guest AG/DC]

Hey, whoah, no choosey. Alomar Jr. is up. Batting out of order is a crime and a sin.

(Yes, it's true about Rube. But that couldn't help poor Bill Denehy.)

[seawolf17]

Doesn't that mean that everyone between Alomar and Walker are automatically out, and Dave Wallace becomes the next batter? I read those old Ron Luciano books. I know my batting-out-of-order rules.