Sal Fasano
American baseball player & coach (born 1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salvatore Frank Fasano (/fəˈsɑːnoʊ/; born August 10, 1971) is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played for nine different Major League Baseball (MLB) teams over his 11-year big league career. Upon retiring as a player, he became a coach within the Toronto Blue Jays organization between 2010 and 2016. After coaching for a single season within the Los Angeles Angels minor league system, Fasano joined the major league coaching staff of the Atlanta Braves.
Sal Fasano | |
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Atlanta Braves – No. 57 | |
Catcher / Coach | |
Born: (1971-08-10) August 10, 1971 (age 52) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 3, 1996, for the Kansas City Royals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 14, 2008, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .221 |
Home runs | 47 |
Runs batted in | 140 |
Teams | |
As coach
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Jeff Pearlman of ESPN.com said of Fasano: "When I think of Sal Fasano, however, I think of greatness. Not of Willie Mays or Ted Williams greatness, but of a uniquely excellent human being who, were class and decency the most valued standards of a career, would be the easiest Hall of Fame inductee of all time."[1]