On September 27, 1984, Quirk hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Cleveland Indians in a game against the Minnesota Twins. It was the only plate appearance Quirk had for the Indians,[4] and was meaningless for Cleveland, which was in sixth place in its division. But the home run was crucial for Quirk's former team of seven years, the Kansas City Royals, which was in a tight race with the Twins for the American League West division crown. With Quirk's home run, the Royals moved two games ahead of the Twins with three to play. The Royals clinched the division the next day. Quirk would return to the Royals in 1985 and play four more years in Kansas City.
Coaching career
Quirk began his coaching career with the Kansas City Royals in 1994 as the bullpen coach from 1994 to 1995, and then as bench coach from 1996 to 2001. He then became the bullpen coach for the Texas Rangers for the 2002 Season. Quirk moved on to become bench coach for the Colorado Rockies from 2003 to 2008 under manager Clint Hurdle.[5] From 2010 to 2011, Quirk served as bullpen coach for the Houston Astros under manager Brad Mills.[6] On November 29, 2011, Quirk became the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs to serve under newly-hired manager Dale Sveum where he served until 2013.[5]
On September 6, 2012, Quirk was involved in a benches-clearing incident during a game between the Cubs and the Washington Nationals. Quirk was yelling from his own dugout, apparently at Nationals third base coach Bo Porter, causing Porter to leave his position on the field and approach Quirk. Ultimately, both teams came out onto the field and Quirk was ejected by umpire Jerry Layne.[7]
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James Patrick Quirk ˈ k w ɜːr k born October 22 1954 is an American former professional baseball player and coach 1 He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1975 to 1992 Quirk was a member of the world champion 1985 Kansas City Royals team Jamie QuirkCatcherBorn 1954 10 22 October 22 1954 age 68 Whittier California U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 4 1975 for the Kansas City RoyalsLast MLB appearanceOctober 4 1992 for the Oakland AthleticsMLB statisticsBatting average 240Home runs43Runs batted in247TeamsAs player Kansas City Royals 1975 1976 Milwaukee Brewers 1977 Kansas City Royals 1978 1982 St Louis Cardinals 1983 Chicago White Sox 1984 Cleveland Indians 1984 Kansas City Royals 1985 1988 New York Yankees 1989 Oakland Athletics 1989 Baltimore Orioles 1989 Oakland Athletics 1990 1992 As coach Kansas City Royals 1994 2001 Texas Rangers 2002 Colorado Rockies 2003 2008 Houston Astros 2009 2011 Chicago Cubs 2012 2013 Career highlights and awardsWorld Series champion 1985 Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 References 4 External linksPlaying career EditQuirk was born in Whittier California He was a Parade All America quarterback at St Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs California where upon graduation he was offered a four year football scholarship to the University of Notre Dame 2 Quirk attended Whittier College 3 Quirk played for the Kansas City Royals Milwaukee Brewers St Louis Cardinals Chicago White Sox New York Yankees Oakland Athletics Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles in a career that spanned the years 1975 1992 On September 27 1984 Quirk hit a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Cleveland Indians in a game against the Minnesota Twins It was the only plate appearance Quirk had for the Indians 4 and was meaningless for Cleveland which was in sixth place in its division But the home run was crucial for Quirk s former team of seven years the Kansas City Royals which was in a tight race with the Twins for the American League West division crown With Quirk s home run the Royals moved two games ahead of the Twins with three to play The Royals clinched the division the next day Quirk would return to the Royals in 1985 and play four more years in Kansas City Coaching career EditQuirk began his coaching career with the Kansas City Royals in 1994 as the bullpen coach from 1994 to 1995 and then as bench coach from 1996 to 2001 He then became the bullpen coach for the Texas Rangers for the 2002 Season Quirk moved on to become bench coach for the Colorado Rockies from 2003 to 2008 under manager Clint Hurdle 5 From 2010 to 2011 Quirk served as bullpen coach for the Houston Astros under manager Brad Mills 6 On November 29 2011 Quirk became the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs to serve under newly hired manager Dale Sveum where he served until 2013 5 On September 6 2012 Quirk was involved in a benches clearing incident during a game between the Cubs and the Washington Nationals Quirk was yelling from his own dugout apparently at Nationals third base coach Bo Porter causing Porter to leave his position on the field and approach Quirk Ultimately both teams came out onto the field and Quirk was ejected by umpire Jerry Layne 7 He was the manager of the Lake Elsinore Storm and the San Antonio Missions in the San Diego Padres system before he was promoted to the El Paso Chihuahuas on June 17 2015 8 Quirk managed the Kansas City Royals affiliated Wilmington Blue Rocks from 2016 to 2017 References Edit Jamie Quirk Stats Baseball Reference com Sports Reference LLC 2019 Retrieved December 28 2019 Patrick Saunders September 4 2008 These Rockies hit their stride at quarterback The Denver Post Retrieved November 28 2011 Chapman Lou 2 March 1977 It Seemed Everybody Was After Jamie Quirk The Milwaukee Sentinel Retrieved 22 July 2013 Royals Retrospective Archived from the original on 2011 07 08 Retrieved 2010 05 26 Royals Retro a b Muma Steven 29 November 2011 Jamie Quirk Is The Chicago Cubs New Bench Coach SB Nation com Retrieved 29 November 2011 Manager and Coaches Fiammetta Mike Cubs drop tense game in Washington MLB com Retrieved September 21 2012 Jamie Quirk Named El Paso Chihuahuas Manager milb com June 17 2015 External links Edit Biography portal Baseball portalCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference RetrosheetSporting positionsPreceded byToby Harrah Colorado Rockies Bench Coach2003 2008 Succeeded byJim TracyPreceded byMark Bailey Houston Astros Bullpen Coach2009 2011 Succeeded byCraig BjornsonPreceded byPat Listach Chicago Cubs Bench Coach2012 2013 Succeeded byBrandon Hyde Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jamie Quirk amp oldid 1133927699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
