- Jackie Moore (baseball)
Infobox MLB retired
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bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Jackie Moore
position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 18
debutyear=1965
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
finaldate=September 20
finalyear=1965
finalteam=Detroit Tigers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.094
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=5
stat3label=Home Runs
stat3value=0
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*Detroit Tigers (1965)Jackie Spencer Moore (born
February 19 ,1939 inJay, Florida ,United States ) is a coach for theHouston Astros and a former manager of theOakland Athletics ofMajor League Baseball .Although he had a very brief career as a major league player—he batted only .094 in 53
at bats as acatcher for the 1965Detroit Tigers —Moore spent almost 30 years at the MLB level as a coach with the Athletics,Milwaukee Brewers , Texas Rangers,Toronto Blue Jays ,Montréal Expos ,Cincinnati Reds andColorado Rockies . He was promoted to manager of the Athletics onMay 24 ,1984 , succeedingSteve Boros . He managed Oakland for 353 games—the balance of 1984, all of 1985, and 73 games into 1986—before he was fired in favor ofTony La Russa on June 26, 1986. His career managing record was 163-190 (.462).In 2000, Moore was appointed the first manager in the history of the
Round Rock Express . He managed the Astro farm team for eight full seasons, during which time the Express played in the AATexas League (2000-04) and the AAAPacific Coast League (2005-07). On September 30, 2007, he was named the Astros bench coach for the 2008 season by managerCecil Cooper . Moore was Cooper's first manager in professional baseball, with the 1968Jamestown Falcons , then theBoston Red Sox ' affiliate in the Short Season Class ANew York-Penn League .
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