Don Cooper
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{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1956)}} |
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* [[World Series champion]] ([[2005 World Series|2005]]) |
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'''Donald James Cooper''' (born January 15, 1956) is an American former professional baseball [[pitcher]] who spent his career in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) in parts of four seasons with the [[Minnesota Twins]] ([[1981 Minnesota Twins season|1981]]–[[1982 Minnesota Twins season|1982]]), [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ([[1983 Toronto Blue Jays season|1983]]) and [[New York Yankees]] ([[1985 New York Yankees season|1985]]). He was the pitching coach for the [[Chicago White Sox]] from July 22, 2002, until the end of the [[2020 Major League Baseball season|2020 season]].{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Paul |date=July 23, 2002 |title='Bitter' Contreras is out |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/07/23/bitter-contreras-is-out/ |access-date=May 4, 2018 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}} Under his tutelage, both [[Mark Buehrle]] and [[Philip Humber]] pitched [[List of Major League Baseball perfect games|perfect games]] (with the former also getting a [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters|no-hitter]]), [[Lucas Giolito]] pitched a [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters|no-hitter]], and the White Sox won the [[2005 World Series]]. On October 12, 2020, Cooper and the White Sox parted ways after 32 seasons with the organization at various levels. |
'''Donald James Cooper''' (born January 15, 1956) is an American former professional baseball [[pitcher]] who spent his career in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) in parts of four seasons with the [[Minnesota Twins]] ([[1981 Minnesota Twins season|1981]]–[[1982 Minnesota Twins season|1982]]), [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ([[1983 Toronto Blue Jays season|1983]]) and [[New York Yankees]] ([[1985 New York Yankees season|1985]]). He was the pitching coach for the [[Chicago White Sox]] from July 22, 2002, until the end of the [[2020 Major League Baseball season|2020 season]].{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Paul |date=July 23, 2002 |title='Bitter' Contreras is out |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/07/23/bitter-contreras-is-out/ |access-date=May 4, 2018 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}} Under his tutelage, both [[Mark Buehrle]] and [[Philip Humber]] pitched [[List of Major League Baseball perfect games|perfect games]] (with the former also getting a [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters|no-hitter]]), [[Lucas Giolito]] pitched a [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters|no-hitter]], and the White Sox won the [[2005 World Series]]. On October 12, 2020, Cooper and the White Sox parted ways after 32 seasons with the organization at various levels. |
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[[Category:Baseball players from New York City]] |
[[Category:Baseball players from New York City]] |
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[[Category:NYIT Bears men's basketball players]] |
[[Category:NYIT Bears men's basketball players]] |
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