Erik Pappas Last updated May 17, 2025 Baseball career The Chicago native is a 1984 graduate of Mount Carmel High School . [ 2] Pappas was selected by the California Angels as the 6th overall pick in the first round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft . [ 3] He made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs on April 19,1991,at the age of 24. [ 1] He appeared in 8 games for the Cubs during the 1991 season and appeared in a total of 97 games for the Cardinals during 1993 and 1994 seasons. [ 1] During the 1993 season,he had one home run and 28 RBIs . Pappas played in his final major league game on April 30,1994,at the age of 28. [ 1] On August 13,1996,while a member of the Texas Rangers ' Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers ,Pappas caught a perfect game pitched by Rick Helling against the Nashville Sounds . [ 4]
Pappas,who is of Greek ancestry,was selected to play for the Greek national baseball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ,Greece .[ citation needed ] 2023 European Baseball Championship . [ 5]
Coaching career After his playing career,Pappas became the hitting coach for the Peoria Chiefs . Pappas spent 2006–12 at the Cangelosi Baseball Academy in Orland Park,Illinois,while also serving as a scout for the Texas Rangers from 2005 to 2009. Pappas became a coach in the Cardinals system as the Springfield Cardinals Hitting Coach for the 2014 season.
Pappas currently resides in the Beverly neighborhood in Chicago,Illinois.
References 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Erik Pappas statistics" . Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2018 . ↑ Hoey, Miles. "The tradition of baseball at MC," The Caravan (Mount Carmel High School), March 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2023. ↑ "1984 Baseball Draft" . thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved November 17, 2018 . ↑ "Sounds are Victims of a Perfect Game" . The Tennessean . Nashville. August 14, 1996. p. 3C. Retrieved February 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. ↑ "Former MLBer Erik Pappas is back and playing for Greece ... at 57 years old" . MLB.com . Retrieved May 17, 2024 . External links
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