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Jamie Quirk
Jamie Quirk
	Catcher
	Born: October 22, 1954 (age 70); Whittier, California, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 4, 1975, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
	October 4, 1992, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.240
Home runs	43
Runs batted in	247
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As 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 awards
	World Series champion (1985);

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James Patrick Quirk (/ˈkwɜːrk/; 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.

Playing career

Quirk 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

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]

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

^ "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 (March 2, 1977). "It Seemed Everybody Was After Jamie Quirk". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Retrieved July 22, 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Royals Retrospective". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2010. Royals Retro
^ ^a ^b Muma, Steven (November 29, 2011). "Jamie Quirk Is The Chicago Cubs' New Bench Coach". SB Nation.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
^ "Manager and Coaches". Archived from the original on April 20, 2010.
^ Fiammetta, Mike. Cubs drop tense game in Washington^{[dead link‍]}. MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
^ "Jamie Quirk Named El Paso Chihuahuas Manager". milb.com. June 17, 2015.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference
Retrosheet

Sporting positions
Preceded by Toby Harrah	Colorado Rockies Bench Coach 2003–2008	Succeeded by Jim Tracy
Preceded by Mark Bailey	Houston Astros Bullpen Coach 2009–2011	Succeeded by Craig Bjornson
Preceded by Pat Listach	Chicago Cubs Bench Coach 2012–2013	Succeeded by Brandon Hyde

[Jamie_Quirk_at_Baseball_Reference-1] "Jamie Quirk Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[2] Patrick Saunders (September 4, 2008). "These Rockies hit their stride at quarterback". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

[mil_sent-3] Chapman, Lou (March 2, 1977). "It Seemed Everybody Was After Jamie Quirk". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Retrieved July 22, 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Royals Retrospective". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2010. Royals Retro

[Muma-5] Muma, Steven (November 29, 2011). "Jamie Quirk Is The Chicago Cubs' New Bench Coach". SB Nation.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.

[6] "Manager and Coaches". Archived from the original on April 20, 2010.

[7] Fiammetta, Mike. Cubs drop tense game in Washington^{[dead link‍]}. MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.

[8] "Jamie Quirk Named El Paso Chihuahuas Manager". milb.com. June 17, 2015.

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-*[[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1977)
-*[[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1983)
+* [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{mlby|1977}})
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-*[[Chicago White Sox]] (1984)
-*[[Cleveland Indians]] (1984)
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-*[[New York Yankees]] (1989)
+* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1984}})
-*[[Oakland Athletics]] (1989, 1990-1992)
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+* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1989}})
+* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1992}})
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+* [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|2002}})
+* [[Colorado Rockies]] ({{mlby|2003}}–{{mlby|2008}})
+* [[Houston Astros]] ({{mlby|2009}}–{{mlby|2011}})
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+|highlights=
+* [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1985}})
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+'''James Patrick Quirk''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɜr|k}}; born October 22, 1954) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player and [[Coach (baseball)|coach]].<ref name="Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quirkja01.shtml|title=Jamie Quirk Stats|date=2019|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> 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 season|1985 Kansas City Royals]] team.
-'''James Patrick Quirk''', born [[October 22]] [[1954]] in [[Whittier, California]], is a former [[Major League Baseball]] [[catcher]] and current bench coach for the [[Colorado Rockies]]. Jamie attended [[Whittier College]], he played for the [[Kansas City Royals]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[New York Yankees]], [[Oakland Athletics]], and [[Baltimore Orioles]] in a career that spanned the years [[1975]]-[[1992]].
+==Playing career==
-Jamie was also an all-league and all-state [[quarterback]] at St. Paul High School in [[Santa Fe Springs, California]] where upon graduation, he was offered a four-year scholarship to the [[University of Notre Dame]]. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
+Quirk was born in [[Whittier, California]]. He was a ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' All-America [[quarterback]] at [[St. Paul High School (Santa Fe Springs, California)|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]].<ref>{{cite news |title= These Rockies hit their stride at quarterback|author= Patrick Saunders|newspaper= The Denver Post|date= September 4, 2008|url=http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_10371593 |access-date=November 28, 2011}}</ref> Quirk attended [[Whittier College]].<ref name=mil_sent>{{cite news|last=Chapman|first=Lou|title=It Seemed Everybody Was After Jamie Quirk|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19770302&id=CXpQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4055,219961|access-date=22 July 2013|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel|date=2 March 1977}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+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.
-==See also==
-* [[Chicago White Sox all-time roster]]
-==Sources==
-* {{baseball-reference|id=q/quirkja01}}
+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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://royalsretro.blogspot.com/2007/10/100-greatest-royals-of-all-time-79.html |title=Royals Retrospective |access-date=2010-05-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708062238/http://royalsretro.blogspot.com/2007/10/100-greatest-royals-of-all-time-79.html |archive-date=2011-07-08 }} Royals Retro</ref> 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.
-{{Rockies}}
+==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 (baseball)|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]].<ref name="Muma">{{cite web|last=Muma|first=Steven|title=Jamie Quirk Is The Chicago Cubs' New Bench Coach|date=29 November 2011|url=http://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-cubs/2011/11/29/2597328/jamie-quirk-chicago-cubs-houston-astros|publisher=SB Nation.com|access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref> From 2010 to 2011, Quirk served as bullpen coach for the [[Houston Astros]] under manager [[Brad Mills (infielder)|Brad Mills]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://houston.astros.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=hou&coachorstaffid=120857 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420001842/http://houston.astros.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=hou&coachorstaffid=120857 | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 20, 2010 |title = Manager and Coaches}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Muma"/>
+On September 6, {{baseball year|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]].<ref>Fiammetta, Mike. [http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_09_06_chnmlb_wasmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=chc Cubs drop tense game in Washington]{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''MLB.com.'' Retrieved September 21, 2012.</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150617&content_id=131181258&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t4904&sid=t4904|title=Jamie Quirk Named El Paso Chihuahuas Manager|work=milb.com|date=June 17, 2015}}</ref> Quirk managed the Kansas City Royals-affiliated [[Wilmington Blue Rocks]] from 2016 to 2017.
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
+{{Baseballstats|br=q/quirkja01}}
+*[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Q/Pquirj001.htm Retrosheet]
+{{s-start}}
+{{s-sports}}
+{{succession box | title=[[Colorado Rockies]] [[Bench Coach]] | before=[[Toby Harrah]] | years=2003&ndash;2008 | after= [[Jim Tracy (baseball)|Jim Tracy]]}}
+{{succession box | title=[[Houston Astros]] [[Bullpen Coach]] | before=[[Mark Bailey (baseball)|Mark Bailey]] | years=2009&ndash;2011 | after= [[Craig Bjornson]]}}
+{{succession box | title=[[Chicago Cubs]] [[Bench Coach]] | before=[[Pat Listach]] | years=2012&ndash;2013 | after= [[Brandon Hyde]]}}
+{{s-end}}
+{{1972 MLB Draft}}
+{{Kansas City Royals first-round draft picks}}
+{{1985 Kansas City Royals}}
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v t e Kansas City Royals 1985 World Series champions
1 Buddy Biancalana 2 Onix Concepción 3 Jorge Orta 4 Greg Pryor 5 George Brett (ALCS MVP) 6 Willie Wilson 8 Jim Sundberg 9 Dane Iorg 11 Hal McRae 12 John Wathan 15 Pat Sheridan 18 Jamie Quirk 20 Frank White 21 Lonnie Smith 23 Mark Gubicza 24 Darryl Motley 25 Danny Jackson 26 Steve Farr 27 Joe Beckwith 29 Dan Quisenberry 31 Bret Saberhagen (AL CYA & World Series MVP) 35 Lynn Jones 37 Charlie Leibrandt 40 Bud Black 45 Steve Balboni
Manager 10 Dick Howser Coaches 14 Lee May 41 Mike Ferraro 42 José Martínez 43 Gary Blaylock 44 Jimmie Schaffer
Regular season American League Championship Series Cardinals–Royals rivalry