Midwest League Managers

Tom Poquette

One Midwest League season:

Manager, Appleton [Royals] (1992)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: Royals, fourth round, 1970 (Outfielder, Memorial HS [Eau Claire, WI]).
Professional Career: 13 professional seasons, seven of them as a spare outfielder for the Royals (mostly), Red Sox, and Rangers.
- Poquette's major league career.
Midwest League: Played for Waterloo in 1971.

Management style

When he was managing, Poquette's tactical decisions were generally pretty conservative--except he was clearly willing to exploit a player with special skills.

New
15jan99
Changed
20jan08
Major Change
24oct07

Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
Thomas Arthur Poquette
DOB: October 30, 1951			Eau Claire, Wisconsin

2006	Royals	Arizona (R)	Royals	Hitting Coach
2005	Royals	Arizona (R)	Royals	Hitting Coach
2004	Royals	Arizona (R)	Royals	Hitting Coach
2003	Royals-2	Arizona (R)	Royals	Hitting Coach
2002	Spokane	Northwest (A-)	Royals	76	0	2	131	.72	22	29	47	.382
2001	Spokane	Northwest (A-)	Royals	76	1	12	117	.70	35	22	54	.289
2000	Spokane	Northwest (A-)	Royals	76	0	8	110	.73	36	38	39	.500
1999	Charleston, WVA	South Atlantic (A)	Royals	141	6	17	375	.72	50	61	80	.433
1998	Royals	American (ML)	Royals	Hitting Coach
1997*	Royals	American (ML)	Royals	Hitting Coach
1997*	Royals	American (ML)	Royals	Minor League Hitting Instructor
1996	Royals	American (ML)	Royals	Minor League Hitting Instructor
1995	Omaha	American Association (AAA)	Royals	Hitting Coach
1994	Omaha	American Association (AAA)	Royals	Hitting Coach
1993	Memphis	Southern (AA)	Royals	140	9	10	146	.54	41	63	77	.450
1992	Appleton	Midwest (A)	Royals	136	11	13	213	.67	39	70	62	.530
			Playoff Qualifier, Manager of the Year
1991	Eugene	Northwest (A-)	Royals	76	0	8	158	.74	16	42	34	.553
			Manager of the Year
1983-90
1970-82				Playing Career

Coach	2 Seasons
Minors	7 Seasons			721	27	70	1250	.69	239	325	393	.453
Coach	8 Seasons

Total	7 (16) Seasons			721	27	70	1250	.69	239	325	393	.453
Some statistics are not currently available.

This page may be incomplete.
Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here. Thanks to David Malamut for his assistance with this page.

1992 Midwest League Managers
Berry	Champion	Colbert	Curry	Dwyer
Francona	Krenchicki	Leary	Poquette	Roadcap
Scott	Seoane	Stein	Youngblood

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The Midwest League plays Single-A, professional baseball in America's agricultural and industrial heartland. 14 teams play a 140 game schedule which begins in early April and ends Labor Day weekend.

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Midwest League Managers

Tom Poquette

Playing Career

Management style

Thomas Arthur Poquette

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources