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Position: Manager
Date of Birth: 10/27/1960
Height: 6' 1" Weight: 205 lbs
Pro Experience: Cardinals/Expos/Twins/Phillies
College Experience: Oral Roberts University
Bats: R
Throws: R
Biography:
Thomas Andrew Nieto...Born October 27, 1960, Downey, CA...48 years old...wife Karen...daughter Nicole...son Marcus...resides Land O'Lakes, FL.
Begins first season as Rock Cats' manager after serving as New York Mets first base coach last season...Was named 14th manager in New Britain franchise history on October 27, 2008, replacing Bobby Cuellar.
Coaching Career: In January of 2008, was named first base coach of New York Mets...Served as the New York Mets' first base coach alongside then-manager Willie Randolph until June of 2008, when Randolph, Mets' Pitching Coach Rick Peterson and Nieto were dismissed...was named the Mets' catching instructor on November 26, 2004 and remained in that position through 2005-07...Managed the Palm Beach Cardinals (A) of the Florida State League during the 2003-2004 seasons...Compiled a 127-145 record during that period...Has compiled 570 career wins as a minor league manager...Spent eight seasons in the New York Yankees organization from 1995-2002...Served as the Yankees' major league catching coach from 2000-2001...Managed several different minor league teams for the Yankees...In 1998, he led Greensboro (A) to the South Atlantic League Championship Series...Managed Tampa (A) of the Florida State League from 1999-2000...In 1997, he was named Best Managerial Prospect in the South Atlantic League by Baseball America...Led Greensboro to a 75-65 mark and a trip to the SAL finals...Spent the 1993-1994 seasons managing Charleston (A) of the South Atlantic League...Posted a 141-138 record...Began his coaching career in the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1992 as a coach for Chattanooga (AA) of the Southern League.
Playing Career: Orignally drafted by the Rock Cats' parent club, Minnesota Twins, in the 31st round of the 1979 Amateur Draft but did not sign...Drafted by St. Louis in the third round of the June, 1981 Free Agent Draft out of Oral Roberts University...Inducted into the Oral Roberts University Athletic Hall of Fame in January, 2006....Made his Major League Debut on May 10, 1984 with the St. Louis Cardinals...Went onto play in the Major Leagues for portions of seven seasons with, in succession, St. Louis (1984-85), Montreal (1986), Minnesota (1987-88), and Philadelphia (1989-90). Won a World Series ring with the Twins in 1987...Helped the Cardinals capture the National League pennant in 1985...Known as an outstanding defensive catcher, the 6'1"/205-pounder appeared in a total of 251 Major League games and compiled a career .205 batting average...Had five World Series at-bats with one RBI in two starts for the Cardinals vs. Kansas City in 1985.
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