Jeff Pentland

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Jeffrey William Pentland

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
School Arizona State University
Born September 18, 1946 in Hollywood, CA USA

1 Biographical Information
2 Year-by-Year Playing Record
- 2.1 Hitting
- 2.2 Pitching

[edit] Biographical Information

Jeff Pentland played college ball at Arizona State University, where his teammates included future big leaguers Reggie Jackson, Duffy Dyer, and Gary Gentry. He went on to play pro ball for three years (1969-1971) in the San Diego Padres organization as a jack of all trades. He debuted at class AA, hitting .248/~.347/.33 for the Elmira Pioneers and leading the Eastern League with 20 errors. He was 0-1 in 5 games pitched, but had a 12:1 K:BB ratio and a 0.47 ERA, allowing 4 runs (1 earned) in 19 innings. Pentland hit .302/~.396/.368 in 98 games with the Salt Lake City Bees in 1970 and pitched 20 games as a reliever, posting a 5.74 ERA and getting no decisions. In 1971 with the Lodi Padres, he caught 15 games as a lefty but allowed 15 passed balls. He hit .272/~.391/.418 that year and pitched seven scoreless innings.

Pentland was an assistant at Mesa Community College, then was JV coach at Arizona State University in 1973, and was assistant athletic director at Wichita State University in 1973-1974. He then spent nine years as an assistant at UC-Riverside.

Pentland was a Florida Marlins scout in 1992-1993, and a minor league coach for four years for the Elmira Pioneers (1993-1994), and Portland Sea Dogs (1995-1996).

In 1996, he joined the Marlins coaching staff, and from 1997 to 2002, he was the Chicago Cubs hitting coach. After three years in the same role with the Kansas City Royals, he became the Seattle Mariners hitting coach in 2006. He was fired on June 10, 2008 with the Mariners underperforming badly and was replaced by Lee Elia. Pentland was hired July 1 by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an instructor. He spent most of his time working with Andruw Jones. He will return to the Dodgers in 2009.

[edit] Year-by-Year Playing Record

[edit] Hitting

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	SB
1969	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	142	476	54	118	20	2	6	50	.248	2
1970	Salt Lake City Bees	Pacific Coast League	98	212	22	64	11	0	1	27	.302	0
1971	Lodi Padres	California League	112	349	52	95	22	1	9	69	.272	1

[edit] Pitching

Year	Team	League	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	BB	SO
1969	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	1	0.47	5	1	1	19	14	6	12
1970	Salt Lake City Bees	Pacific Coast League	0	5.74	20	0	0	47	59	17	28
1971	Lodi Padres	California League	0	0.00	4	5	0	7	4	1	4