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Grifol with the Chicago White Sox in 2023
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| Born: (1969-11-28) November 28, 1969 (age 54) Miami, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
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| Managerial record | 88–172 | ||||||||||||||
| Winning % | .338 | ||||||||||||||
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Pedro Orlando Grifol (born November 28, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He is the current manager for the Chicago White SoxofMajor League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as a coach for the Kansas City RoyalsofMLB.
Grifol attended Christopher Columbus High SchoolinMiami, Florida, where he was the Florida high school baseball player of the year in 1988. He attended Florida State University, where he played college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team. With the Seminoles, Grifol participated in the 1989 and 1991 College World Series. He was named an All-American in 1991.[1] In 1990 and 1991, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 1990.[2][3]
The Minnesota Twins selected Grifol in the sixth round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft.[4] He played in the minor leagues for the Twins and New York Mets organizations from 1991 to 1999. He worked for the Seattle Mariners as their director of minor league operations.[5]
Grifol joined the Kansas City Royals organization in 2013 as a minor league coach. He was promoted to the major league staff in May 2013 as an assistant hitting coach.[6] He was moved to be a catching instructor in 2014. In 2015, the Kansas City Royals won the World Series, their first World Series in 30 years. For the 2020 season, Grifol was named as the Royals bench coach.
On November 1, 2022, Grifol was hired by the Chicago White Sox to be their 42nd manager.[7]
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| CWS | 2023 | 162 | 61 | 101 | .377 | 4th in AL Central | – | – | – | |
| CWS | 2024 | 104 | 27 | 77 | .260 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 266 | 88 | 178 | .331 | – | |||||
Grifol and his wife, Ali, have three daughters.[8]
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