MLB: Longtime Baseball Figure Pat Corrales Dies at 82; Executive Was a Former Player, Manager and Coach

(Photo : Mandatory Credit: Jose L. Marin /Allsport) Pitcher Pat Corrales of the Atlanta Braves stands on the pitcher's mound during a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

Longtime baseball figure Pat Corrales passed away due to natural causes on the evening of Sunday, August 27, at age 82, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are saddened by the passing of Pat Corrales, the Dodgers Special Assistant to the General Manager. Our thoughts are with his wife Donna and the rest of the Corrales family. pic.twitter.com/FtwIGSfAO8
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 28, 2023

Corrales was working with the Dodgers as a special assistant to the general manager, a post he has held since 2012.

Corrales has spent the past 59 years in the MLB as a player, manager, coach, and executive. He started as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, debuting in 1964.

His playing career was relatively quiet as further stints with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and San Diego Padres followed before he called it quits in 1973.

Corrales played in 300 games with 166 hits, four home runs, 54 runs batted in, and a .216 batting average in nine seasons.

The first manager in the MLB to be of Mexican-American descent, Corrales' career on the sidelines was more colorful. He got his first coaching gig for the Texas Rangers in 1976, becoming manager of the team two years later.

Corrales would have stints as manager with the Phillies and Cleveland Indians in the 1980s and a brief first base coach job with the New York Yankees in 1989.

Corrales' most notable job

Corrales would then embark on the most prominent period of his managerial career by taking over the Atlanta Braves in 1990.

He led the team to a World Series title in 1995, defeating the Indians in five games.

Corrales would stay as Braves manager until 2006. He would then be appointed the Washington Nationals manager in broken stints (2007-08, 2009, and 2011) for his final active gig.