Epifanio "Sandy" Obdulio Guerrero Jiménez (born April 6, 1966) is a former

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, who currently serves as the

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minor league hitting coordinator for the 2013 season. Guerrero played for 19 seasons, mostly at

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. He is the son of Epy Guerrero and brother of Mike Guerrero.

Playing career

Guerrero began his professional career in 1984 with the

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' Rookie League

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. After playing there again in 1985, he was promoted to the Class A Ventura County Gulls in 1986. That same year, he moved to the

organization. He played three seasons at Class A Stockton before advancing to the Double-A

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in 1989. He spent the entire 1990 season at El Paso, and was promoted to the Triple-A

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in 1991. The majority of his 1992 season was played at Denver, but he also played nine games back in Double-A El Paso. Guerrero played in Taiwan from 1993 to 1998, where he hit .300 or better on five of the six years there, winning five gold gloves at shortstop, four silver bats, one batting title (.361 avg), was MVP in 1994, and was a five time all-star. Guerrero is fluent in

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. The final four years of his playing career were spent in the Mexican League. He played for the

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in 1999 (.326 avg) and 2000 (.301 avg) and Langosteros de Cancún in 2001 (.288 avg). Guerreo played parts of 2001 and 2002 with the

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of the independent Northern League. In 2002, his final professional season, he played for the Mexican League's

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Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Guerrero became involved with coaching in the minor leagues. He served as hitting coach for the

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, the Double-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, from 2003 to 2008, from 2009 to 2011 as the Triple-A Nashville sounds Hitting Coach. 2012 and 2013 as the Milwaukee Brewers minor league hitting coordinator. Following the completion of the 2010

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season, Guerrero was added to the Milwaukee Brewers roster as an additional coach for the remainder of the season.Haurdicourt, Tom
"Cruz, Kintzler called up from Nashville."
''Brewers Blog''. Journal Sentinel. 6 September 2010. Retrieved on 6 September 2010. Guerrero was the batting practice pitcher for

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and Corey Hart in the

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in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He also pitched to Prince again in 2011 along with Brewers teammate

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. Most recently he pitched to Prince again as the BP pitcher in the 2012 All-Star Game at

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. Guerrero and Fielder won the Home Run Derby twice in 2009 and 2012. Guerrero was invited to 4 years of the Major League All-Star Game. In 2015, Sandy pitched once again to Prince Fielder in the 2015 MLB All Star Home Run Derby.

References

External links

CPBLEpy Guerrero
at SABR (Baseball BioProject) {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Sandy 1966 births Living people Adirondack Lumberjacks players Brother Elephants players Dominican Republic baseball players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States El Paso Diablos players Denver Zephyrs players Gulf Coast Blue Jays players Langosteros de Cancún players Mexican League baseball infielders Mexican League baseball outfielders Olmecas de Tabasco players Piratas de Campeche players Baseball players from Santo Domingo Stockton Ports players Taipei Gida players Ventura County Gulls players