Coaching Career
Enters his sixth season as Yankees bullpen coach in 2013...the Yankees have gone 422-13 when leading at the end of the eighth inning since he joined the sta in 2008...Yankees relievers combined for 51 saves in 2012, tied for fourth-most in the Majors...tossed 444.0 innings, the lowest total in the AL and third-lowest in the Majors...Yankees relievers combined for a 3.12 ERA in 2011, the lowest mark in the AL, and the lowest by a Yankees bullpen since 1985 (2.91)...also recorded 8.46 K/9.0 IP, the second-highest ratio among AL teams...the Yankees bullpen combined for the second-lowest opponents batting average (.230) and third-lowest ERA (3.47) among AL teams in 2010...lled in as pitching coach from June 4-29, 2010...Yankees relievers led
the Majors in 2009 with 40 wins and tied for rst with 51 saves, ranking second in opponent's batting average (.231)...allowed 11.64 baserunners/9.0IP, the second-lowest ratio in the Majors behind Oakland's 11.54...in 2008, the Yankees' bullpen collected a Major League-high 523 Ks...Is his second Major League coaching position, having served as bullpen coach for Joe Girardi with the Florida Marlins in 2006...Was the pitching coach for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs of the Pacic Coast League in 2007...Spent six seasons (2000-2005) as a pitching coach in the San Diego organization, making stops at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga (2000), Single-A Fort Wayne (2001, '03), Single-A Lake Elsinore (2002, '04) and Double-A Mobile (2005).
Playing Career
Appeared in 131 career Major League games (104 starts) over eight seasons with the Cubs (1988-93), Colorado Rockies (1994), Oakland Athletics (1995), California Angels
(1995) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1997), going 36-36 with a 4.49 ERA (656.0IP, 327ER)...Was named Sporting News 1990 "NL Rookie of the Year" after posting a 12-6 record with a 3.26 ERA in 27 starts for the Cubs... selected as USA Today "Minor League Player of the Year" in 1988... made his Major League debut at age 21 on Sept. 5, 1988 at Wrigley Field recording a no-decision in Game 2 of a doubleheader vs. the Phillies...Was a first-round pick by the Cubs in the 1987 First-Year Player Draft (fourth overall)... was originally selected by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the
1984 First-Year Player Draft, but chose to attend college.
Personal
Married (Nikki) and has two sons, Tony and Cory, and a daughter, Miani...Tony was an inelder for Concordia University and a member of the 2011 NAIA World Series championship team; and Cory was signed by the St. Louis Rams prior to the 2012-13 season after a four-year college career with UCLA...played baseball at Cal State Fullerton, earning all-American honors as a junior...graduated from Ganesha High School in Pomona, Calif.
