Pedro Grifol
American baseball player
Pedro Orlando Grifol (born November 28, 1969) is an American baseball coach and former catcher. He is the former manager for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also served in various coaching roles for the Kansas City Royals in both their minor league system and at the MLB level.
Playing career
Grifol attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida, where he was the Florida high school baseball player of the year in 1988. He attended Florida State University, where he played college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team. With the Seminoles, Grifol participated in the 1989 and 1991 College World Series. He was named an All-American in 1991. In 1990 and 1991, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 1990.
The Minnesota Twins selected Grifol in the sixth round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. He played in the minor leagues for the Twins and New York Mets organizations from 1991 to 1999.
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