John Mallee
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John Daniel Mallee
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.
- Schools University of Illinois, Chicago State University
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John Mallee became a major league coach in 2010.
The Philadelphia Phillies took John in the 12th round of the 1991 amateur draft. He hit .237/.340/.296 for the 1991 Martinsville Phillies but fielded only .892 at short. In 1992, John batted .188/.294/.229 for the Spartanburg Phillies. His fielding percentage to .921 at shortstop.
Mallee was hitting coach for the Beloit Snappers in 1996-1997 and the 1998 Stockton Ports. He was with Beloit in 1999 and the Huntsville Stars in 2000, then the Ottawa Lynx in 2001 when moving to the Florida Marlins chain. From 2002 until June 2010, he was minor league hitting coordinator for the Marlins. He was then promoted to the major league staff on June 23, 2010, replacing Jim Presley as hitting coach. Presley had been fired along with manager Fredi Gonzalez and bench coach Carlos Tosca. Less than a year later, on June 8, 2011, he was in turn fired with the Fish performing poorly at the dish, and replaced by Eduardo Perez.
