P. J. Pilittere

Peter John Pilittere (born November 23, 1981) is an American professional baseball coach. He is the assistant hitting coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).

P. J. Pilittere
Pilittere with the Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training in 2011
New York Yankees – No. 63
Coach
Born: (1981-11-23) November 23, 1981
San Dimas, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
As coach

Career

Pilittere played college baseball at California State University, Fullerton and was a member of their 2004 College World Series championship team.[1] He drafted by the New York Yankees in the 13th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. and played in the Yankees' organization until 2011. After his playing career ended he became a coach for numerous teams in the Yankees minor leagues.[2]

Prior to the 2018 season, Pilittere was named the assistant hitting coach of the Yankees.[3]

Personal life

He is married to Shannon Stein.

gollark: Most lisps do also.
gollark: I like the list-y functions because they allow ridiculous oneliners.
gollark: The python one is out of order compared to both actual `if` statements and other languages' ternary operators.
gollark: `x if condition else y`
gollark: Python has a ternary operator too, actually, but it's weird and not widely known.

References
  1. Remember The Titans Scrappy Cal State-Fullerton beat the odds, and its coach beat his friend and mentor, in a stunning finals sweep of Texas
  2. RailRiders’ P.J. Pilittere joining Yankees staff as assistant hitting coach
  3. Yankees add another hitting coach to Aaron Boone's staff
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.