Alan Cockrell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alan Cockrell
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 5, 1962(1962-12-05)
Age	62
Birthplace	Kansas City
Country	United States
Birth City	Kansas City
Horoscope	Aquarius

Alan Cockrell Biography

Alan Cockrell is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on December 5, 1962 in Kansas City, Kansas City, United States. Atlee Alan Cockrell (born December 5, 1962) is an American professional baseball outfielder and coach. He was most recently the hitting coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.

Cockrell’s first love had always been baseball, and he was an even better outfielder than he was a quarterback. An All-American, he was named to the University of Tennessee All-Century Baseball Team in 2009. The San Francisco Giants made Cockrell the ninth pick overall in the 1984 MLB draft, and he chose to forgo his senior year in college and play professional baseball.

Twice named first-team all state, Cockrell led Joplin, Missouri’s Parkwood High School Bears football team to a 31–3 record during his three years as starting quarterback. An outstanding athlete, Cockrell could pass (3,499 yards and 44 touchdowns), run (1,541 yards and 36 touchdowns), and even kick (154 extra points and eight field goals).

On January 11, 2015, the New York Yankees hired Cockrell to be one of the two hitting coaches employed by them in 2015 along with Jeff Pentland. On November 2, 2015, Cockrell was named the hitting coach of the Yankees after the firing of Jeff Pentland. Marcus Thames was hired as assistant hitting coach.

His leadership skills and teaching ability, though, shone through and Cockrell spent the next few years working as a manager and hitting coach in various parts of the Colorado Rockies’ development system. He returned to the MLB when he was named hitting coach for the Rockies on November 7, 2006 – his second stint, having previously served as hitting instructor the last five months of the 2002 season when Clint Hurdle was promoted to manager. Under Cockrell’s guidance in 2007, the Rockies slugged their way to a National League Championship, leading the circuit in batting, on-base percentage, and total hits. Cockrell was one of four coaches let go by the Rockies after a disappointing 2008 season in which the team won only 74 games. On December 7, 2008, Cockrell was named hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners. On May 9, 2010, Cockrell the first of four coaches who were relieved of their duties alongside manager Don Wakamatsu. He was replaced by Alonzo Powell.

Alan Cockrell Net Worth

Alan Cockrell is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alan Cockrell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Under head coach Johnny Majors, Cockrell became the first true freshman ever to start at quarterback for the Volunteers in 1981. In the fifth game into the season, he suffered a major knee injury against the Auburn Tigers and his future became uncertain. One of the first football players to come back from such major knee damage, he led the Vols in the 1982 (6-5-1) and 1983 (9-3) seasons, culminating in a 30–23 victory over the Maryland Terrapins (led by future NFL standout Boomer Esiason) in the inaugural Florida Citrus Bowl (now Capital One Bowl). The victory was a great ending for Cockrell, as it would be his last game at the University of Tennessee. He was soon to be a first round draft pick by The San Francisco Giants.

Cockrell played in the minor leagues for thirteen years with five different organizations, including five years with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He starred for the Sky Sox and eventually became a member of the Sky Sox Hall of Fame. At the end of the 1996 season, at the age of 33, he finally had a cup of coffee in the major leagues. He debuted for the Colorado Rockies on September 7, 1996 with a pinch hit appearance in which he struck out against All-Star closer Billy Wagner. His first major league hit came three days later in the form of a pinch hit double off Tom Glavine against the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field. He had nine plate appearances for the Rockies, and retired at the end of the season.

Cockrell led the Bears’ offensive attack to an undefeated season (14–0 – outscoring opponents 653-33) and the Missouri State Class 4A High School Championship in 1980, despite being one of the smallest schools in Class 4A. That team has recently been inducted into the Joplin Area Sports Hall of Fame, alongside the likes of NASCAR’s Jamie McMurray. Heavily recruited by several schools, he chose to attend the University of Tennessee.

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Facts & Trivia

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Top Facts about Alan Cockrell

1. Alan Cockrell played for 6 MLB teams from 1987-1996.
2. He was a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies and New York Yankees.
3. Cockrell won a World Series with the Yankees in 2000.
4. He coached Aaron Judge during his rookie season in 2017.
5. Cockrell was named the Seattle Mariners hitting coach in 2019.
6. He has also coached in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league.
7. Cockrell played college baseball at the University of Tennessee.
8. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1984.
9. Cockrell hit .255 with 27 home runs and 109 RBIs in his MLB career.
10. He retired as a player after winning a championship with the Yakult Swallows in Japan’s Central League.