Rick Adair

Michael Richard Adair (born January 19, 1958) was the pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles and a former minor league baseball player. He was succeeded as pitching coach by Bill Castro.

Rick Adair
Pitching coach
Born: (1958-01-19) January 19, 1958
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Batted: Left Threw: Left
debut
1979, for the Alexandria Mariners
Last appearance
1985, for the Chattanooga Lookouts
Minor League Baseball statistics
(through 1985)
Win-loss record44–46
Earned run average3.92
Strikeouts474
WHIP1.480
Teams

Playing career

As a player, Adair played college baseball at Western Carolina University and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.[1][2] Injuries ended his career seven years later, having peaked at the Triple-A level.[2]

Coaching career

He has held various coaching jobs since the end of his playing career, mostly as a minor-league pitching coach, with the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations. He held major league coaching jobs with Cleveland, Detroit, and Seattle. Prior to being appointed to his former position with Seattle, Adair spent four seasons as a minor-league pitching coordinator for the Texas Rangers.[3]

He was suspended on September 11, 1997, for 2 games after a postgame confrontation with the umpires.[4]

Adair served as pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners.[1] In 2011, he was hired as the bullpen coach for the Baltimore Orioles.[5] Adair took over pitching coach Mark Connor's position after the latter resigned on June 14.[6] In August 2013 Adair went on a leave of absence, due to personal reasons, from his post as the pitching coach and was succeeded by Bill Castro.[7]

Personal

Adair is the nephew of former MLB pitcher and pitching coach Art Fowler.[8]

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References
  1. Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu
  2. Rick Adair - The Baseball Cube
  3. Rick Adair - BR Bullpen
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/10/orioles_agree_with_adair_as_bu.html
  6. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110614&content_id=20469476&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal
  7. Gary Thorne, MASN, broadcast of Baltimore Orioles v. Boston Red Sox, August 27, 2013.
  8. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/larrystone/2011373021_stone18.html

Preceded by
Mark Wiley		 Cleveland Indians pitching coach
1992–1993		 Succeeded by
Phil Regan
Preceded by
Jon Matlack		 Detroit Tigers pitching coach
1996–1999		 Succeeded by
Dan Warthen
Preceded by
Mel Stottlemyre		 Seattle Mariners pitching coach
2009–2010		 Succeeded by
Carl Willis
Preceded by
Alan Dunn		 Baltimore Orioles bullpen coach
2011		 Succeeded by
Bill Castro
Preceded by
Mark Connor		 Baltimore Orioles pitching coach
2011–2013		 Succeeded by
Bill Castro


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