title: Mike Aldrete
text: Michael Peter Aldrete (born January 29, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman/outfielder and current coach. He is currently the first base coach for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  
  Playing career
  Aldrete was a four-year letterman at Stanford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication .  He is a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. From  through , Aldrete played for the San Francisco Giants (1986–88), Montreal Expos (1989–90), San Diego Padres (1991), Cleveland Indians (1991), Oakland Athletics (1993–95), California Angels (1995–96) and New York Yankees (1996).  He batted and threw left-handed.
  
  Aldrete's best season was  when he hit .325 with 51 runs batted in (RBI), 50 runs, 116 hits and 18 doubles, all career-highs.
  
  Aldrete's teams made the playoffs twice.  The Giants reached the 1987 National League Championship Series and he was a member of the 1996 World Series champion Yankees as they beat the Atlanta Braves.
  
  In 930 games over 10 seasons, Aldrete posted a .263 batting average (565-for-2147) with 277 runs, 41 home runs, 271 RBI and 314 bases on balls. Defensively, he recorded a .993 fielding percentage playing primarily at first base and all three outfield positions.
  
  Coaching career
  Since 2001, Aldrete has maintained a role in professional baseball as a coach.  After three years in the minors in the Arizona Diamondbacks chain, he has been a first base coach for the Seattle Mariners () and served as the hitting coach for the Diamondbacks (2005–06).  Aldrete served as assistant hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals since 2008 and was the bench coach for the Cardinals until leaving for the Oakland Athletics on October 27, 2014. On November 28, 2022, Aldrete was named Oakland's first base coach for the 2023 season.
  
  See also
  
  List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches
  
  References
  
  External links
  
  1961 births
  Living people
  American expatriate baseball players in Canada
  Arizona Diamondbacks coaches
  Baseball coaches from California
  Baseball players from Monterey County, California
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  People from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
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