By Erwin Quinonez
Aug 28, 2023, 22:32 PM EDT
Major League Baseball mourned this Monday after learning of the death of the iconic Pat Corrales at the age of 82, remembered for being the first manager of Mexican descent in the MLB with several teams, before becoming a long-term coach of the Atlanta Braves.
Los Angeles Dodgers, a team in which he has served as special assistant to the general manager since 2012, were in charge of announcing the unfortunate news that occurred on Sunday night due to natural causes at his home, located in the mountainous area of the north of the state of Georgia.
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 de él Donna and the rest of the Corrales family. pic.twitter.com/FtwIGSfAO8
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 28, 2023
Corrales became the first manager of Mexican descent in the Major Leagues with the Texas Rangers between 1978 and 1980, where he left a 160-164 win-loss record.
He was away from the bench for a couple of years and in 1982 he became a pilot for the Philadelphia Phillies, a team with which he spent two seasons and achieved 132 wins by 115 losses.
His last opportunity as a manager was with the then Cleveland Indians, an organization he led for five seasons, leaving a negative mark of 280 awards for 355 losses.
He did not achieve a longer and more successful role with the Atlanta Braves, when he took over as bench coach between 1990 and 2006, forming part of that impressive team that won the National League East Division 14 consecutive times and put the icing on the cake. with the World Series in 1995.
Precisely the Georgia team was one of those who mourned the death of the former receiver and sent their condolences to the relatives. “The Atlanta Braves mourn the death of Pat Corrales, their longtime bench coach. We extend our condolences to his friends and family at this difficult time.”
The Mexican-American finished his career in the MLB coaching staff as coach of the Washington Nationals before assuming his position in the offices of the Dodgers.
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