Tom Gregorio

Tom Gregorio
Tom Gregorio
	Gregorio in 2011
Los Angeles Angels – No. 70
	Catcher/ Bullpen catcher
	Born:May 5, 1977 (age 42); Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 5, 2003, for the Anaheim Angels
Last MLB appearance
	September 27, 2003, for the Anaheim Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average	.158
Hits	3
Runs batted in	2
Teams
	As player Anaheim Angels (2003); As coach Los Angeles Angels (2006—present);

Last updated November 04, 2019

Thomas Andrew Gregorio (born May 5, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York) is a bullpen catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball. He previously played in MLB for the Angels.

The bullpen catcher is a member of a baseball team's staff. The individual, often a former professional player, warms up relief pitchers during baseball games and starting pitchers prior to the start of games.

The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball franchise based in Anaheim, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The Angels have played home games at Angel Stadium since 1966. The current MLB franchise was established as one of the league's first two expansion teams in 1961 by Gene Autry, the team's first owner. Autry was a famous singing cowboy actor in a series of films in the 1930s to 1950s, and later was the subject of the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum.

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. A total of 30 teams play in the National League (NL) and American League (AL), with 15 teams in each league. The NL and AL were formed as separate legal entities in 1876 and 1901, respectively. After cooperating but remaining legally separate entities beginning in 1903, the leagues merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball in 2000. The organization also oversees Minor League Baseball, which comprises 256 teams affiliated with the major league clubs. With the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB manages the international World Baseball Classic tournament.

He played college baseball at Troy University.^[1] He also played eight seasons in the minor league systems of the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers, batting .242/.299/.353. After being released by all three teams in a span of shortly over a year, he officially retired after the 2006 season. Previously, he was the roving catching coordinator for the Angels.

Troy University is a public university in Troy, Alabama. It was founded in 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System and is now the flagship university of the Troy University System. Troy University is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) to award associate, baccalaureate, master's, education specialist, and doctoral degrees.

The Oakland Athletics, often referred to as the A's, are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team plays its home games at the RingCentral Coliseum. They have won nine World Series championships.

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