Mike Gallego

Michael Anthony Gallego

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 160 lb.
• School University of California, Los Angeles
• High School St. Paul High School (Santa Fe Springs)
• Debut April 11, 1985
• Final Game July 23, 1997
• Born October 31, 1960 in Whittier, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Mike Gallego was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1981 Amateur Draft from the University of California, Los Angeles. He gradually rose through the A's minor league system and made his major league debut in 1985. During his tenure with Oakland, he made trips to three straight World Series (1988-1990) and was a member of the 1989 World Series Champion A's. Over his 13-year career, Gallego hit .239/.320/.328 while playing in 1,111 games. In addition to the Athletics, he played with the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals, with his final season coming with the Cardinals in 1997.

Since 1999, Gallego has been a coach for multiple major league organizations. He started with a one-year stint as a Minor League Infield Instructor for the Boston Red Sox. Gallego spent the next several years with the Colorado Rockies organization. He was the Rockies Minor League Infield Coordinator from 2000 to 2004, though he made a detour on May 1, 2002 and spent the remainder of that season as Colorado's bench coach. Gallego returned to the major league staff in 2005 as the team's third base coach and infield instructor, where he continued through 2008. Under his tutelage, the Rockies set a major league record for fielding percentage with a mark of .98925 in 2007. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki led major league shortstops with a .987 fielding percentage that year and Todd Helton topped all National League first basemen with a .999 fielding percentage. In 2009, Gallego went back to the Athletics organization as their third base coach, a position he retained until August 24, 2015.

Since joining the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2016, Gallego has worked in a number of different positions. He was Director of Baseball Development for three years. In 2019, following the appointment of new manager Brad Ausmus, he put on a uniform again as third base and infield coach of the team now simply called the "Los Angeles Angels". In 2020, he moved to bench coach under manager Joe Maddon. He kept that position until June 14, 2022 when he gave way to Ray Montgomery. Gallego worked as the Angels third base coach for the remainder of the season. The Angels moved Gallego into a player development role thereafter. He was a Player Development Staff Coach in 2023 and Minor League Infield Coordinator in 2024-2025.

His son, Niko Gallego, was drafted by the Rockies in the 37th round of the 2007 amateur draft, but opted to go to UCLA, where he competed in the 2010 College World Series. His nephew, Austin Barnes, was on the Arizona State University roster in the same CWS and reached the major leagues in 2015. Mike played for Team USA in the 1979 Pan American Games.

Notable Achievement

• Won a World Series with the Oakland Athletics in 1989