Pete Mackanin
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Peter Mackanin Jr.
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
- High School Brother Rice High School
- Debut July 3, 1973
- Final Game October 3, 1981
- Born August 1, 1951 in Chicago, IL USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Light-hitting infielder Pete Mackanin played nine seasons in the majors, batting .226 over his career. He was a starter at second base for the Montreal Expos in 1975 and 1976, slugging 20 homers over the course of two seasons. He also played in the big leagues with the Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Minnesota Twins.
After his playing career ended, Mackanin became a minor league manager and coach. He managed the Águilas del Zulia to the Venezuelan League title in 1988-1989 and onto the 1989 Caribbean Series, which the team won. He managed and played for the Florida Tropics during the 2nd season (1990) of the Senior Professional Baseball Association, batting .188 in 9 games before the league folded.
In 1997 he became the Montreal Expos' third base coach, where he remained through 2001. After two years of minor league managing, he became bench coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2003. Mackanin was named interim manager of the Pirates on September 6, 2005, replacing Lloyd McClendon. He did not win the job for the 2006 season, which instead went to Jim Tracy, even though Tracy had fared poorly with the 2005 Dodgers, a team with far greater resources. Mackanin moved down to the GCL Pirates in 2006, then got a job as the advance scout for the Cincinnati Reds in 2007. On July 1, 2007, he was named interim manager of the Reds after Jerry Narron was fired with the team holding the worst record in the National League. The team bounced back under Mackanin's stewardship, playing over .500 for the remainder of the season, but he was nonetheless not confirmed after the season, as the Reds decided to hire veteran skipper Dusty Baker as their manager for 2008. Mackanin was hired by the New York Yankees as a major league scout for that season.
| Preceded by Lloyd McClendon | Pittsburgh Pirates Manager 2005 | Succeeded by Jim Tracy |
| Preceded by Jerry Narron | Cincinnati Reds Manager 2007 | Succeeded by Dusty Baker |
